Turns out that Mr R has never eaten lobster either. What are we like? Such ingenues. I had some fresh lobster left over from Ray Milland’s Lobster Salad so I thought, oooohhhhh! Shera’s Stuffed Peppers. I’ve been meaning to try this recipe for ages.
We had these on Saturday night and they were REALLY GOOD. I heartily recommend this recipe. I thought that there seemed to be a lot of capers when I was putting it all together, but when everything was cooked, the flavours were perfectly balanced.
This recipe has a real chance of making it into the Silver Screen Suppers top 100 recipes, which is coming very soon…
8 red bell peppers
6 tablespoons fine-grade olive oil
1/4 cup chopped parsley
3-4 cloves fresh garlic, mashed
4 Italian tomatoes, chopped
1/2 cup bread crumbs, preferably Italian-seasoned
3/4 lb seafood: shrimp, mussels or crab meat (uncooked, chopped or flaked)
1 onion, chopped, or 2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
1/2 cup well-drained capers, mashed
Pinch of oregano
Wash peppers and remove tops with a sharp knife. Heat half of the olive oil in a skillet with parsley and garlic; saute until limp, stirring occasionally. Add tomatoes and cook to reduce volume until thick. Add tomato-garlic sauce to bread crumbs, seafood, onion, capers, oregano in mixing bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.
Stand peppers upright in a small pan. Fill each pepper with seafood mixture. Bake uncovered in a preheated 350 degrees oven (175 degrees C or gas mark 4) for 45 minutes or until done. Baste tops of peppers with remaining olive oil every 10 minutes.
Serve to 8 with champagne or a good white burgundy.
I love that serving suggestion. Stuffed peppers and champagne – perfect!
How can you not LOVE a recipe that requires some left over lobster…
ha ha – INDEED – I felt like the richest woman alive having all that lobster around the place…