Goat Cheese Stuffed Roasted Peppers

I saw this recipe on TLC's Take Home Chef over a year ago and since then, it has been one of our favorite appetizer's or afternoon snack. It is super simple to make and more delicious than I can describe.

Ingredients:

8 oz goat's cheese (soft farmer's cheese would work, too.) at room temperature

1 lb mini sweet peppers

Fresh herbs (I usually use garlic & chives)
to taste

Drizzle of olive oil






Method:
1. Preheat your broiler

2. Cut the tops off of the sweet peppers and line them into a broiler safe dish.

3. Drizzle the top of these with olive oil and place under the broiler for 5-10 minutes until they start to get dark spots on them.

4. While these are roasting, mix the goat cheese with your fresh herbs. This is all to taste. I begin with about a teaspoon of garlic powder or a couple small cloves of fresh garlic minced and add more until I like the taste. I mince several chives into small pieces and mix these in. You can add salt and pepper, too, but I find that I don't usually need to. Other herbs would also taste great. Experiment.

5. When the peppers are done roasting, remove them from the broiler and place the peppers into a bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap for about 15 minutes. The steam loosens the skins of the peppers so they are easy to peel off. This is the hardest part of the whole recipe. We have eaten them with the skins on, too. They taste great either way.

6. If you have a well-equipped kitchen with a frosting bag, scoop the herbed cheese mixture into it and pipe the filling into each pepper. If you don't have a frosting bag, a plastic bag with a corner snipped off works just fine.

7. Eat and enjoy! Warm or cold, these are wonderful.

Thanks for stopping in for a visit. We're glad you did.

Sean & Sonja ♥

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