Stuffed Peppers recipe
Cooking time: about 1 hour (preparation: 20 minutes, cooking:40-50 minutes)
Makes: 6 servings
Ingredients:
1.5 pounds ground meat (combine beef and pork)
3 tablespoons rice
2 onions
6-8 medium red or orange peppers
1 teaspoon finely chopped dill
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 cups water
salt
ground black pepper
3-4 tablespoons tomato paste
Sour cream
Preparation:
1. Mix the ground meat with one finely chopped onion, the finely chopped dill, rice, salt and
ground black pepper.
2. Wash the peppers.
3. Cut the top and remove the seeds of each pepper.
4. Fill each pepper with the ground meat mixture. Form meat balls from the leftover
mixture.
5. Make a sauce in a large pot bringing to a boil water with one finely chopped onion, 2
tablespoons of olive oil and tomato paste.
6. Add the stuffed peppers and the meat balls and simmer the sauce (which should cover the
stuffed peppers to the top) for 30-40 minutes.
7. Serve with sour cream on top.