stuffed orange peppers in a poppy mustard sauce
I love the colors and the flavors or this dish. If you serve it with Chicken Broth Purple Cabbage, the purple and the orange are really festively Halloween.
prep time
15 Min
cook time
35 Min
method
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yield
6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients
- PEPPERS
- 6-8 - orange bell peppers or sweet red peppers (or both)
- 4 cups macaroni, dry
- 1 cup spinach, frozen
- 1 cup corn
- 1/2 cup tomato paste
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
- 2 cups seasoned panko
- 1 teaspoon paprika, hot
- 3/4 cup small/medium shrimp, dipped in lemon pepper salt
- 1 cup water for baking and basting
- POPPY MUSTARD SAUCE
- 2 cups cream or whole milk
- 4 tablespoons dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1/4 cup wine (your choice)
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
- 1/2 stick butter
How To Make stuffed orange peppers in a poppy mustard sauce
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Step 1To start the peppers, remove the tops and save the seeds for next year's planting.
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Step 2Boil your macaroni until al dente. Allow spinach to thaw while you do so.
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Step 3In a mixing bowl, mix macaroni, spinach, corn, and tomato paste. Let sit for 10 minutes.
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Step 4Mix in paprika, Panko, and Parmesan. Stuff into peppers. Then take shrimp that you have removed head, tails, and shells, and have already deveined, then dipped in lemon pepper salt, and arrange decoratively atop the peppers.
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Step 5Place peppers and tops in a square Pyrex baking dish. Pour 1 cup of water into the bottom of the pan. Bake at 350F for 1 hour, basting every 15 minutes.
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Step 6While that is baking, start your sauce.
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Step 7Melt butter in a saucepan. Then pour in milk and heat on medium/low. Never let the milk boil.
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Step 8Stir in mustard and paste. Cook for a minute. Then add in wine and poppy seeds.
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Step 9Turn heat to low/simmer. Stirring occasionally, until peppers are ready to serve.
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Step 10I like to serve the pepper, with the lid propped on the side after I spoon the sauce on. It isn't seen in the photo, because the kids stole it. ;)
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Step 11For a Halloween treat, serve with this recipe. https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/side/vegetable/chicken-broth-purple-cabbage.html
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