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Mini Peppers Stuffed With Homemade Cheese

This is another variation of cheese-stuffed peppers you can make when mini peppers are available. They are super easy and fun to make! Use a small spoon to fill whole peppers. For variety, you can slice some of them and fill them with cheese as well.
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Course Appetizer, Dinner, Snack
Cuisine Ukrainian
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • knife
  • baking pan
  • small spoon
  • bowl

Ingredients
  

  • 454 g mini sweet bell peppers
  • 200 g homemade cheese
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • fresh dill
  • fresh parsley
  • black pepper
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tspn mayonnaise
  • Vegetable oil (for brushing)

Instructions
 

  • Wash peppers, remove the seeds and cut the tails.
  • Brush the peppers with vegetable oil and put them on a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
  • Soften the homemade cheese with a fork, add mayonnaise, salt, and black pepper, and mix well in a bowl. There is no need to use a blender, as the cheese will become liquid.
    clean mini pepers stuffed peppers
  • Chop dill and parsley finely.
  • Add the greens to the mixture and mix well. Taste if you need to add more salt.
  • Preheat the oven to 180 C (400 F).
  • Stuff peppers with the cheese mixture.
    stuffed mini peppers on a backing pan
  • Close the baking pan with foil and transfer it to the oven. Bake for 10 minutes. Open the foil and roast for another 5 minutes.
  • Serve warm. (You can refrigerate the leftovers; however, the stuffed peppers taste best when fresh from the oven).
Keyword Cheese-stuffed mini peppers, Ukraine, Ukrainian recipes