California Farm Ham and Cheese Stuffed Peppers

Hobby Horseman
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California, United States

Juicy red Peppers are ripe in the garden, the long and thin ones are delicious when stuffed with matchsticks of cheese, tomato and fresh basil and sliced prosciutto or cooked ham, served fresh or baked with a side of steamed beans and prosciutto or cooked ham in fresh tomato sauce.

California Farm Ham and Cheese Stuffed Peppers

Juicy red Peppers are ripe in the garden, the long and thin ones are delicious when stuffed with matchsticks of cheese, tomato and fresh basil and sliced prosciutto or cooked ham, served fresh or baked with a side of steamed beans and prosciutto or cooked ham in fresh tomato sauce.

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Ingredients

3 hours, soak beans overnight
2 people
  1. 2long and thin fresh mild ripe red peppers
  2. 2fresh ripe tomatoes
  3. 2 slicesprosciutto or cooked ham
  4. 2 slicescheddar cheese
  5. fresh basil
  6. Cupdried beans
  7. Cuppureed tomatoes
  8. 1/2 Cupchopped mild cheese, like brie
  9. 4 Clovesgarlic
  10. Tbsbrown sugar
  11. seasalt, pepper and nutmeg to taste
  12. Equipment: two baking dishes, one with cover for the bean dish
  13. Cost: peppers $1, tomatoes $1, ham $1, cheese 50 cents, beans 50 cents, $2 per dinner

Cooking Instructions

3 hours, soak beans overnight
  1. 1

    Soak cup of beans overnight in quart of water with tsp of seasalt. Next day, slice a fresh sweet red pepper top to bottom, deseed. Sprinkle cut fresh basil leaves, pepper, salt and nutmeg on match stick slices of cheese and tomato, prosciutto or cooked ham, stuff down into pepper, lay slit side up.

  2. 2

    Mix overnight soaked beans with diced prosciutto or cooked ham with pureed tomatoes, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup chopped Brie cheese and Tbs unsalted butter, Tbs brown sugar, 4 cloves of garlic, put in ovenproof baking dish with lid, bake at 350F till done, about 2 hours. Pairs well will a chilled dry wine like chardonnay or viognier.

  3. 3

    Serve stuffed pepper raw and cold with warm beans as a side dish, or heat stuffed pepper twenty minutes and serve hot. Enjoy.

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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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