stuffed green peppers - pine nuts
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This makes a great side dish that can be made ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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prep time
20 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Stove Top
yield
6 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 6 - green peppers
- 3/4 cup (6 oz) pine nuts
- 4 large onions
- - olive oil, as needed
- 2-1/2 cup long-grain rice
- 1/2 cup currants
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon sugar, and water to cover
- 1/2 cup mint
- 1 teaspoon allspice, ground
- - lemon slices
- - tomato wedges
- 1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
How To Make stuffed green peppers - pine nuts
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Step 1Choose medium-sized green peppers. Wash them and cut out the stems. Core with an apple-corer or paring knife.
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Step 2Make the stuffing by lightly frying the pine nuts and chopped onions in 2 Tbsp olive oil. Add the washed rice and cook, stirring, for five minutes.
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Step 3Add the currants, salt, pepper and sugar. Pour in water to about twice the depth of the other ingredients in the pot and simmer until the water is absorbed. Add mint, allspice and lemon juice.
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Step 4When cool, stuff each pepper loosely, as the rice will swell. Cover open end of pepper with a slice of tomato like a lid. Set the stuffed peppers in a single layer in a large pan or dish. Sprinkle with salt and sugar, drizzle a little olive oil and 1 cup of water over them and simmer very slowly until the peppers are just tender. Decorate with chopped parsley, lemon slices and tomato slices or wedges, and refrigerate. Serve cool.
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Category:
Vegetables
Category:
Rice Sides
Diet:
Vegetarian
Keyword:
#green peppers
Keyword:
#pine nuts
Ingredient:
Vegetable
Culture:
American
Method:
Stove Top
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