stuffed peppers

Autumn is when peppers are at their best, and we have lots of tomatoes, courgettes and apples from the garden, so here are a few ideas.

Stuffed Peppers
from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/stuffedpeppers_82902

4 red peppers
4+ tbsp olive oil 
5 oz peas
1 large red onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic
5 oz breadcrumbe
1 egg
s&p

1. Preheat oven to 180/350/4
2. Cut around stalk and remove tops of peppers.  Remove any seeds.
3. Heat oil and saute peas, onion and garlic.
4. Soak bread in water for a few minutes.
5. Add breadcrumbs and egg to pea mixture.
6. Stuff the empty peppers with mixture and replace their tops.
7. Place on baking tray and season and drizzle with oil.
8. Cook about 20 - 30 minutes until soft and cooked through.

The downsides of this recipe were: the mixture was rather crumbly and there was too much pepper to eat.  

My variation of this would be to add another egg to the mixture and use fewer breadcrumbs.  Then cut the peppers lengthwise, lay on a dish, heap on the mixture and possibly cook with a little grated cheese on top.

And some other ideas:

http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/526229/baked-stuffed-peppers

http://sortedfood.com/#!/stuffedpeppers/

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4404/easy-stuffed-peppers