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Baked Peppers with Feta and Bread Crumbs

Savory Baked Peppers with Feta and Bread Crumbs recipe

Sweet peppers seem destined for stuffing, given their shape and hollow interior. Cooks around the globe fill them with cheese, meat, or rice. Some versions are highly seasoned and complex, while others are dull and stodgy—I was raised on the latter, sad to say. But now there are all kinds of delightful sweet peppers available, in every color and size. I found some diminutive, colorful Gypsy peppers at the market one day and came up with this dish, which actually qualifies as dainty and delicate.

—David Tanis

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David Tanis Market CookingExcerpted from David Tanis Market Cooking by David Tanis (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2017. Photographs by Evan Sung

Savory Baked Peppers with Feta and Bread Crumbs recipe
Baked Peppers with Feta and Bread Crumbs
Votes: 16
Rating: 3.69
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  • CourseAppetizer, lunch, Side Dish, starter
Servings
6 servings
Servings
6 servings
Savory Baked Peppers with Feta and Bread Crumbs recipe
Baked Peppers with Feta and Bread Crumbs
Votes: 16
Rating: 3.69
You:
Rate this recipe!
Print Recipe
  • CourseAppetizer, lunch, Side Dish, starter
Servings
6 servings
Servings
6 servings
Ingredients
  • 6 thick slices day-old French bread crust removed
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 garlic cloves grated or minced
  • 3 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • 2 teaspoon chopped thyme
  • 1 teaspoon chopped rosemary
  • 1 ounce Parmesan, grated
  • salt and pepper
  • 6 very small sweet peppers (see headnote; about 1 pound)
  • 6 ounces mild feta cheese, crumbled
Servings: servings
Instructions
  1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Cut the bread into 1-inch cubes and pulse in a food processor in batches to make coarse, soft crumbs. (It should yield about 3 cups.)
  2. Toss the crumbs with the olive oil and spread on a baking sheet. Bake, stirring often, until the crumbs are crisp and barely browned, about 15 minutes.
  3. Put the baked crumbs in a bowl and add the garlic, parsley, thyme, rosemary, and Parmesan.
  4. Season with salt and black pepper and toss well. Set aside.
  5. Cut the peppers lengthwise in half and remove the cores and seeds. Place skin side down in a shallow baking dish in one layer. Season lightly with salt. Fill each pepper half with about 3 tablespoons crumbled feta and press in the cheese with your fingers. With a spoon, divide the seasoned crumbs evenly among the pepper halves.
  6. Bake for about 30 minutes, until the crumbs are golden and the cheese is softened. Serve warm from the baking dish.

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