Carmen Italian Sweet Pepper Recipes

STUFFED CARMEN PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat 350 degrees
• Cut off tops of peppers.
• Remove ribs and seeds
• Brown turkey.
• Add salsa and cumin.
• Lower heat and add cream cheese and shredded cheese.
• Fill peppers and place the tops back on.
• Pack tightly into a vegetable oil sprayed glass baking pan.
• Bake for 35 minutes.
• Serve with chopped lettuce, tomatoes and a dollop of sour cream.

ITALIAN STUFFED SWEET PEPPERS

Steps:

• Remove casings from sausage and crumble in pan and brown, drain off excess drippings, and put cooked sausage into a bowl,let cool enough to handle, while you chop your onion and cut tops off and remove seeds from the peppers. Add onion,basil,and garlic, bread crumbs and cheese. Mix well. Stuff mixture into peppers while heating the same skillet that you cooked the sausage in with the 3 Tbl or olive oil. When the oil is medium hot add the peppers, cooking and turning them until they are they are starting to brown and wrinkle. Add chopped tomato, garlic and basil to the hot skillet, let cook over uncovered over medium heat for 5 minuutes. Serve over top of hot pasta or Parmesan polenta.