Stuffed peppers
Polneti Piperki
- 8 medium green peppers
- 2 T butter
- 4 small onions, finely chopped
- 2 small green peppers, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 c chopped ham
- 1 can tomato puree
- salt and pepper
- 4 c fine bread crumbs
- 2 eggs
Cut a thin slice from steam end of each pepper. Remove seeds and wash. Dro
peppers into boiling, salted water and parboil 5 min. Drain thorouhgly.
Melt butter in skillet. Add onions, garlic and chopped pepper and saute
until limp. Add tomato puree, ham, salt, and pepper to taste. Simmer for
15 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in bread crumbs and eggs. Stuff mixture
into pepper shells. Sprinkle tops with cracker crumbs. Bake in oven of 350
for about 25 min. or until stuffing is firm and delicately browned on top.
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