Stuffed Peppers

Hi again! Here you have my recipe for today, these delicious stuffed peppers are one of my favourite dishes.

In this occasion I have filled them with Scottish beef mince and homemade bechamel sauce.

Fresh peppers, red or green, are rich source of vitamin-C and they are very low in calories and fats. They are healthy and very easy to cook.

I hope you all enjoy this colourful and tasty dish. They are delicious either hot or cold.

Ingredients:

(Serves 3)

3 bell red peppers
3 bell green peppers
2 cloves of garlic
half an onion
500 g. beef lean mince
Ground black pepper
Salt
100 ml. extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons of plain flour
500 ml. of milk

Difficulty and cooking time:

Easy
1 hour and a half

Method:

Finely chop the onion and garlic.

Pour 50ml extra virgin olive oil into a frying pan, add the chopped garlic, onion and a little salt. Stir- fry until they turn golden.

Add the mince.

Sprinkle with ground black pepper and salt to taste.

Cook over a medium heat, stirring occasionally until the meat is done. Set cooked meat aside.

Let's prepare the bechamel sauce!

Put 50ml. extra virgin olive oil in a pot and reduce heat to low. Add the plain flour.

Cook for a couple of minutes, stirring thoroughly until flour turns golden.

Pour in the cold milk, stirring thoroughly to prevent lumps.

Salt to taste, simmer for about 10 minutes stirring constantly.

Pour in the bechamel sauce into the frying pan with the cooked meat.

Mix well.

Remove tops using a knife.

Hollow out peppers, removing seeds carefully.

Finely cut the base to make them more stable.

Wash and place the hollowed-out peppers on a baking tray.

Fill the peppers using a spoon.

Preheat the oven to 200ºC.

Bake in the preheated oven for about 45 minutes.

Serve hot.

I wish you like them!
Hopefully see you soon.

María