Yellow Bell Pepper Squares With Garlic Bread Crumbs Recipes

GARLIC AND HERB STUFFED MINI PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray.
• Cut each sweet pepper in half lengthwise, leaving stems intact. Remove seeds and membranes. Place halved sweet peppers on pan, cut sides up.
• In small bowl, mix Boursin™ cheese, cream cheese and ground red pepper with spoon until well blended. Place cheese mixture in small resealable food-storage plastic bag. Cut 1/2 inch off 1 corner of bag. Pipe mixture evenly among pepper halves, about 2 teaspoons for each pepper.
• In another small bowl, mix bread crumbs, melted butter and pepper. Sprinkle each pepper half with about 1/2 teaspoon bread crumb mixture; gently press into cheese mixture.
• Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven, and sprinkle about 1/2 teaspoon Parmesan cheese on each pepper. Return to oven; bake 5 to 8 minutes or until tops are brown and cheese is melted. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Top with chives. Serve warm.

YELLOW BELL PEPPER SQUARES WITH GARLIC BREAD CRUMBS

Steps:

• In a large heavy non-stick skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté bell peppers with salt and pepper to taste, stirring occasionally, until just tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and bread crumbs and cook, stirring, 5 minutes, until bread crumbs are browned and bell peppers are very tender.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

ROASTED PEPPER HALVES WITH BREAD CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375° F. Drizzle the bottom of a 13 × 9-inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. (If you're using the infused oil, spoon a few of the garlic pieces into the dish as well.) Cut the peppers in half through the stems. Pull out the cores, stems, and seeds and, using a paring knife, cut out the ribs. Arrange the peppers side by side in the prepared dish. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over the peppers and season them with salt.
• Stir the bread crumbs, the remaining 3 tablespoons of the oil, the grated cheese, 2 tablespoons of the parsley, the thyme, and the crushed red pepper together in a small bowl. Divide the crumb mixture among the peppers, making an even coating over the pepper halves. Pour in the stock and cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil. Bake until the peppers are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove the foil and continue baking until the crumbs are lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer the peppers to a serving platter, stir the remaining 1 tablespoon parsley into the juices in the baking pan, then spoon the juices over the peppers. Serve the peppers hot or at room temperature.

BAKED SWEET RED AND YELLOW PEPPER WEDGES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Lightly oil a 13x9 inch baking pan.
• Trim tops off peppers; discard the stems and finely chop the rest of the top of the pepper.
• Cut each pepper lengthwise into sixths.
• Place wedges, but side up, in oil pan; set aside.
• Combine chopped pepper tops, onion, tomatoes, parsley, 1/4 cup olive oil, pine nuts, garlic, salt and pepper in a medium sized bowl.
• Spoon equal amounts of mixture into each of the pepper wedges.
• Bake wedges for 25-30 minutes or until just tender.
• Sprinkle bread crumbs and 2 tablespoons oil over all.
• Bake 10 minutes longer.