Italian Rolled Peppers With Mushrooms And Ricotta

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 large bell peppers (may mix colors)
• 16 ounces button mushrooms, chopped small
• 3 -4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh mixed italian herbs (may use basil or oregano, etc.)
• 8 ounces ricotta cheese
• 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 3/4 cup grated pecorino romano cheese or 3/4 cup parmesan cheese or 3/4 cup asiago cheese
• wooden toothpick (as needed)

Recipe

• 1 preheat broiler in oven.
• 2 place peppers on foil on a baking sheet and place under broiler.
• 3 turn peppers as the blacken, to darken all sides.
• 4 when skin blisters and blackens all over, remove from oven and place peppers in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
• 5 allow peppers to sit undisturbed for 10-15 minutes to soften skins.
• 6 meanwhile, cook mushrooms in oil until soft and tender, seasoning with salt, pepper, and herbs.
• 7 drain off any excess water that releases from mushrooms and allow to cool.
• 8 mix ricotta in a small bowl with dijon mustard until smooth.
• 9 add mushrooms to this mixture (when cool) and stir.
• 10 rinse peppers under cool water (especially if they are still warm- to keep from burning your hands) and peel away loose skin.
• 11 make a slit along the side of each pepper, and using knife to cut close to the stem on the inside, remove seed cluster.
• 12 rinse pepper to remove any stray seeds.
• 13 fill each pepper with a portion of the ricotta mixture, and skewer the pepper closed with one or more toothpicks.
• 14 gently place pepper on foil on a baking sheet.
• 15 sprinkle tops of peppers with grated cheese.
• 16 if you have any leftover filling (depending on your pepper's size) you may want to place this in an ovenproof ramekin and sprinkle with grated cheese as well.
• 17 broil peppers for 3-5 minutes (ramekin as well, if using), or until cheese lightly browns and filling is warmed through.
• 18 serve hot.