ITALIAN STUFFED SWEET PEPPERS

ITALIAN STUFFED SWEET PEPPERS image

Yield 6 servings of two peppers each.

Number Of Ingredients 13

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1/2 pound Sweet Italian Sausage.
12 each Italian sweet peppers or any other similar shaped peppers. Tops and seeds removed.
1 small onion, finely chopped.
1/4 teaspoon dry basil or 6 leaves of fresh chopped.
2 cloves minced fresh garlic or 1/4 tsp of garlic powder.
3 Tbl olive oil
1/4 cup plain bread crumbs
3 Tbl grated Fontina.
Sauce:
4 medium tomatos, seeded and chopped
1/2 tsp minced garlic, or 1/4 tsp garlic powder.
1/4 tsp dry basil or 4 chopped leaves.
Garnish with a fresh basil leaf or parsley sprig. Pass Parmesan cheese at the table

Steps:

Remove casings from sausage and crumble in pan and brown, drain off excess drippings, and put cooked sausage into a bowl,let cool enough to handle, while you chop your onion and cut tops off and remove seeds from the peppers. Add onion,basil,and garlic, bread crumbs and cheese. Mix well. Stuff mixture into peppers while heating the same skillet that you cooked the sausage in with the 3 Tbl or olive oil. When the oil is medium hot add the peppers, cooking and turning them until they are they are starting to brown and wrinkle. Add chopped tomato, garlic and basil to the hot skillet, let cook over uncovered over medium heat for 5 minuutes. Serve over top of hot pasta or Parmesan polenta.