Cookbook Main courses

Peppers stuffed with ricotta, aubergines and pine nuts

Main courses

Difficulty People Time
Medium 4 80 minuti
Ingredients
250 g yellow pepper
250 g red pepper
20 g breadcrumbs
20 g grana padano
200 g Eggplant
250 g fresh ricotta cheese Sterilgarda
20 g capers
2 tablespoon pine nuts
5 Anchovies in oil
50 g Grated pecorino cheese
2 Piccadilly Tomatoes
1 cloves garlic
1 Sprig of Oregano
to taste extra virgin olive oil
to taste salt
to taste black pepper
Preparation
  1. Wash the peppers and aubergines thoroughly under running water.
  2. Cut the tops off the peppers and remove the seeds, then take the aubergines and remove the stalk and the final part with a knife.
  3. Cut the aubergines into slices of about 1 cm thick and dice them.
  4. Transfer the cubes to a colander, sprinkle them with salt and let them rest for at least 20 minutes to allow them to lose their bitter liquid.
  5. Wash the tomatoes and cut a cross in the skin with a small knife, then pour them into a pan of boiling water.
  6. Boil the tomatoes for a few seconds, then drain them and leave them to cool.
  7. Remove the peel with a small knife, cut them in half and remove the seeds, then dice them and pour them into a small bowl.
  8. Rinse the aubergines under running water, transfer them to a dry kitchen towel and pat them dry with kitchen paper.
  9. In a pan, brown the garlic clove with a drizzle of oil, then pour in the aubergines and add the diced tomatoes.
  10. Brown everything for 10-15 minutes and let the vegetables dry. Add salt and when they are ready turn off the heat, remove the garlic clove and let cool.
  11. Chop the fresh oregano and the anchovies drained from the preserving oil.
  12. Pour the Ricotta Sterilgarda into a small bowl and add the capers and chopped anchovies.
  13. Also add the pine nuts, the grated pecorino and the previously chopped oregano.
  14. Pour in the diced aubergines and tomatoes and mix all the ingredients well; add pepper to taste.
  15. Place the shells and peppers on an oiled baking tray and stuff them with the mixture, then sprinkle them with grated Grana.
  16. Toast the breadcrumbs for a few moments with a drizzle of oil in a pan and add it on top of the peppers.
  17. Cook the peppers in a static oven preheated to 180° for at least an hour (if fan oven at 160° for 50 minutes).
  18. After 45 minutes, check the degree of cooking, which also varies based on the size of the peppers.
  19. Once cooked, remove the peppers from the oven, let them rest for 5 minutes and serve.
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