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Spanish Stuffed Capsicum


Cooking time 70 minutes
Serve 2

 


Ingredients

  • 2 red capsicums
  • 1/2 onion (diced)
  • 100 g minced meat
  • 2 pips garlic (chopped)
  • 1 tbsp pancetta (chopped)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 100 g cooked rice (cooked)
  • 1 teaspoon spicy paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • pinch of nutmeg
  • 60ml white wine
  • 200g can chopped tomatoes
  • 1 egg (lightly beaten)
  • 1 tbsp fresh flat leaf parsley (chopped)
  • salt and pepper to taste
Method
  1. Cut the tops off each capsicum to form lids, remove the seeds.
  2. Heat oil over a medium temperature and fry the pancetta for a minute.
  3. Add the onions, garlic and a little salt. Fry lightly to soften the onions slightly.
  4. Add paprika, cumin and nutmeg and stir.
  5. Add the minced meat, turn up the heat slightly and cook for 5 minutes or until brown.
  6. Pour in the wine and bring to the boil, turn the heat back down and let it simmer for 10 minutes until all the wine is gone.
  7. Add the tomatoes, and simmer for a further 10 minutes.
  8. Remove from the heat and stir in the rice, egg and parsley.
  9. Season well with salt & pepper.
  10. Preheat the oven to 180ºC
  11. Stuff each capsicum tightly with the mixture and pop on it's lid. Place the capsicum on a baking sheet or oven dish, drizzle over a little olive oil and bake in the oven (uncovered) for 40 minutes.
 

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