The snack is simply unique. No matter how many snacks are on the table, no matter what kind of snack is present, the pepper in the bacon will run out first. This has been verified more than once. It's impossible to pass by these colorful cuties with cream cheese on the inside and a bacon coating on the outside. When the peppers cook in the oven, the smell of roasting peppers and bacon is just crazy. And as soon as the appetizer is ready and removed from the oven, there is a line of people wanting to try how successful the appetizer is :) At this moment you need to be extremely careful and drive away everyone who wants to, because the cheese inside is very hot, but even once this does not stop the victims...
Seeing the huge tray of appetizer for the first time, it seemed to me that it would take a lot of time to prepare this yummy dish. And filling peppercorns with cheese is an inconvenient and troublesome process. However, the result was definitely worth the effort, so there was no doubt whether to try it or not. But as it turned out, preparation does not take much time. And even a child can handle filling the peppercorns.
In this case, Philadelphia cream cheese is good on its own as a filling. But if you wish, you can add garlic or hot pepper pressed through a press to add some spice. But I don’t recommend replacing cheese with other varieties. The cheese will leak out, and the taste may not deteriorate from this, but the appearance definitely will.
Ingredients
sweet pepper – 10 pcs. (small)
Philadelphia cream cheese – 200 g
bacon – 100 g
Preparation
We select peppers of the same size. Cut the peppercorns in half, without cutting to the stem, and remove the seeds. Often small peppers have no seeds at all. But, as a rule, it is only a few grains.
The cheese must be taken out of the refrigerator about two hours beforehand so that it reaches room temperature. Using a teaspoon or knife, fill the pepper halves with cheese. Cut the bacon strips to the required length and wrap each peppercorn in bacon. Place the appetizer in a heatproof dish with the bacon joint facing down. No need to pre-lube.
You can pierce the junction of the bacon with a skewer, this will give you confidence that the bacon will not unravel in the oven, and it will also be more convenient to eat the snack later.
Please note that you should not place the peppers too close to each other, otherwise the bacon will not be baked at the joints. Place the appetizer in a preheated oven at 200 C (400 F) for 20-25 minutes until the bacon is cooked.
The “Sweet Peppers in Bacon” appetizer is good both hot and cold. But, after taking it out of the refrigerator, it is better to heat it in the oven or toaster.
Bon appetit!
Appetizer "Sweet peppers in bacon" updated: January 5, 2016 by: admin
Baked sweet peppers stuffed with garlic and dill cottage cheese, and even wrapped in bacon, are an excellent appetizer on the holiday table. While it’s cooking, delicious smells emanate from the kitchen that you can’t resist: first the delicious smells of roasted peppers, and later the aroma of bacon.
This appetizer can be prepared in advance and simply reheated before serving. Cottage cheese is suitable for any fat content, or you can replace it with cream cheese. And garlic can be excluded from the list of ingredients or replaced with hot pepper.
Prepare the necessary ingredients for the bacon-wrapped bell pepper appetizer.
It is advisable to choose peppers of the same size and different colors so that the dish looks more impressive on the table. Wash the peppers well, place in a ceramic baking dish and place in the oven for 15 minutes.
Cool completely and remove the skin.
Combine cottage cheese with chopped garlic and dill. Add salt to taste and stir.
Cut the pepper on one side, carefully remove the seeds and place the filling inside.
Wrap each pepper with a thin slice of bacon.
In a dry and well-heated frying pan, fry the peppers for 1 minute on both sides. The bacon should be slightly browned.
Delicious, tender peppers with a juicy, spicy filling in a crispy shell can be served on the table. Appetizer of bell peppers in bacon is ready.
Happy Holidays! Cook with love.
Step-by-step preparation of baked peppers with cottage cheese and olives:
- Wash the peppers thoroughly, and then remove the stem and seeds with partitions. Cut carefully so as not to damage the walls of the vegetable itself, otherwise the filling will leak out.
- Then finely chop the olives, as well as the tomatoes and garlic.
- Add finely chopped dill to this.
- Mix cheese with cottage cheese and add to filling.
- Next, transfer the filling into the peppers. It can be compacted tightly, but carefully so as not to damage the walls of the vegetable.
- Place the peppers in the mold, but first pour some water into the bottom.
- Season the stuffed vegetables with salt and pepper, then drizzle them with olive oil.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and bake the peppers for 20 minutes.
- You can serve it in tandem with a small amount of low-fat sour cream.
Pepper baked with cottage cheese, egg and cheese
There are no fancy ingredients in this recipe, so we hope that many housewives will like it. In addition, we will cut the peppers lengthwise, creating boats.
Ingredients:
- Bulgarian sweet pepper - 2 pcs.
- Cottage cheese (any fat content) - 200 g
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Hard cheese - 80 g
- Fresh herbs - a small bunch
- Salt - to taste
- Vegetable oil - a little to grease the pan
- Wash and de-seed the bell peppers. Take meaty vegetables, they are stronger and tastier. Do not remove the stalk.
- Cut each pepper lengthwise, thereby dividing it into two boats. Try not to damage the stem, we need it so that the filling does not run away.
- Blot the inside of your pepper with a paper towel to remove excess liquid.
- Now combine the egg and cottage cheese in a bowl and add a little salt.
- Then take a coarse grater and grate the cheese on it.
- Then add finely chopped herbs to the cheese. Choose it according to your taste. You can take a mixture of different greens, or you can choose just one. For example, it could be dill.
- Next, put a small part of the grated cheese in a separate cup, and put the rest in the cottage cheese and egg filling.
- Now mix everything thoroughly.
- Then add the filling to the peppers.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, and then place the peppers in a greased pan.
- Bake the dish for 15 minutes. Then remove the peppers and sprinkle with the cheese that was set aside before.
- Now bake your dish again for 5 minutes.
- Serve hot peppers to the table, garnishing them with green vegetables and herbs.
Pepper baked with cottage cheese, garlic and basil
Basil combined with garlic will give the dish an unusual taste. And the recipe for baked peppers with cottage cheese is somewhat different. We will prepare the dish in the form of rolls. It is worth noting that regular consumption of garlic and basil will curb your cravings for sweets.
Ingredients:
- Multi-colored fleshy bell pepper - 2 pcs.
- Cottage cheese - 200 g (any fat content)
- Cream cheese - 200 g
- Basil leaves - 1 handful
- Dill greens - to taste
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Salt - to taste
- Wash the peppers, place them on a baking sheet and place them in an oven preheated to 200 degrees.
- Roast the vegetables for a few minutes until charred on the surface.
- Then remove the peppers from the oven and immediately cover tightly with foil.
- After the vegetables have cooled, remove the foil.
- Remove skins and seeds from peppers. Remove the stem too.
- Now cut the vegetables lengthwise into three parts.
- Grate the cheese on a fine grater and mix it with cottage cheese.
- Finely chop the basil and dill. Add to the curd mixture.
- Pass the garlic through a press or finely chop it, and then add it to the curd filling for the peppers.
- Add salt to the mixture and mix everything well.
- Place a little filling on each piece of pepper and wrap it into rolls. Now the dish is ready!
- When serving, you can decorate your masterpiece with sprigs of greenery.
Peppers baked with cottage cheese and blue cheese
This recipe for baked peppers with cottage cheese uses blue cheese instead of the usual cream or Russian cheese. If you have never tried it, then the time has come, go for it!
Ingredients:
- Large sweet red pepper - 1 pc.
- Tomatoes - 2 pcs.
- Cottage cheese - 150 g
- Blue cheese - 50 g
- Olives - 7 pcs.
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Fresh thyme - 2 sprigs
- Olive oil - 2 tbsp.
- Ground black pepper - 1 pinch
- Sea salt - 1 pinch
- Wash the pepper thoroughly and then remove the seeds and membranes from it.
- After this, cut the peppers in half lengthwise. Cut carefully to leave the stem on the pepper. It will prevent your filling from leaking out of the pepper.
- Wash the tomatoes and cut into small cubes. It is better to completely remove the core with seeds from tomatoes so that it does not produce excess juice.
- Mix cottage cheese with tomatoes in a separate bowl.
- Then cut the olives into small pieces and also add to the curd mass.
- Next, peel the garlic and also chop it finely. Place it in a separate deep plate or large cup.
- Then add salt and ground pepper to the garlic. Grind these ingredients using a small masher or pestle until juice appears from the garlic.
- Pour olive oil into the garlic mixture and stir everything together.
- Then add finely chopped thyme to the same mixture.
- Then mix the curd mixture with the garlic mixture in one bowl. Mix thoroughly.
- Grate the blue cheese on a coarse grater and divide it into two parts.
- Next, start stuffing the peppers. First add a little filling into each one, filling them about halfway.
- Sprinkle cheese on top and add more toppings to each pepper.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
- Grease a mold or baking sheet with vegetable oil and place the peppers tightly together.
- Send the vegetables to bake for 20 minutes.
- Once you remove the peppers from the oven, sprinkle them with the remaining blue cheese.
- Serve the oven-baked peppers with cottage cheese hot. Bon appetit!
Baked peppers with cottage cheese and corn
This recipe is different in that, in addition to cottage cheese and spices, there is also corn. This vegetable is also complemented with unusual arborio rice, which makes the dish more satisfying.
Ingredients:
- Sweet pepper - 8 pcs.
- Cottage cheese - 150 g
- Canned corn - 100 g
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Boiled arborio rice - 2 tbsp.
- Salt - to taste
- Ground black pepper - to taste
- Olive oil - 2 tbsp.
- Wash the peppers and remove the tops. Take out the seeds.
- Salt the inside of the peppers.
- Fry boiled rice in a hot frying pan greased with vegetable oil. Fry for no more than 5 minutes.
- Then add a little pepper and, if necessary, salt the rice.
- Then mix cottage cheese and rice in a bowl.
- Add corn and eggs to this. Mix everything thoroughly.
- Stuff the peppers with the resulting mixture.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
- Grease the mold with olive oil and pour some water into the bottom. This is necessary to give the dish more juiciness.
- Place the peppers in the mold.
- Bake bell peppers for 25 minutes.
- Decorate the finished dish with herbs.
How to serve roasted peppers?
Baked peppers with cottage cheese can be served in combination with sour cream and herbs. Some people like to enjoy these vegetables without any additives. In this matter, we recommend focusing on your taste.
This dish can be a complete replacement for dinner, because it contains a lot of protein. It, in turn, helps us lose weight in our sleep, oddly enough. Therefore, have dinner mainly with protein dishes.
You can cook peppers stuffed with cottage cheese for lunch. It is especially convenient to take such a dish with you to work. Instead of snacking on tea with sandwiches or pies, treat yourself to bell peppers stuffed with cottage cheese, baked in the oven.
If you are on a diet, then in this case you can have such a dish. The calorie content of peppers baked with cottage cheese is small, but the health benefits are enormous. For those losing weight, the most suitable recipe is one that contains basil and garlic.
As for the children's table, there are no contraindications here either. If you prepare baked peppers with cottage cheese without unnecessary spices and seasonings, then the kids will surely love this dish.
Video recipes for baked bell peppers
These are the ways you can prepare bell peppers with cottage cheese. Bon appetit and good health!