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Bacon and 3-Cheese Stuffed Mini Sweet Peppers

Renee' Groskreutz
Bacon and 3-Cheese Stuffed Mini Sweet Peppers! This delicious recipe brings together smoky bacon, 3 KINDS of cheeses (salty, nutty, and creamy), and sweet roasted mini peppers.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 8 halves

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 4 whole mini sweet peppers in assorted colors
  • 6 oz. goat cheese
  • 6 oz. ricotta cheese
  • 3 T. fresh thyme leaves
  • 4 strips thick-cut bacon cooked and crumbled
  • 1 oz. hard Parmesan cheese freshly grated
  • Pinch of salt and pepper

Instructions
 

  • Wash and dry peppers thoroughly. Leaving the stem intact, cut each pepper in half lengthwise and remove the core. Set aside.
  • Remove fresh thyme from stems. Set aside.
  • Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  • Preheat oven to broil.
  • As oven is heating, combine goat cheese, ricotta cheese, thyme leaves, and cooked bacon in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Mix ingredients until thoroughly combined.
  • Place about a teaspoon of the cheese and bacon mixture into each pepper half.
  • Arrange prepared peppers halves on prepared baking sheet.
  • Top each pepper half with grated Parmesan cheese.
  • Place into preheated oven for 5 minutes or until cheese turns brown and peppers start to blister.
  • Remove from oven immediately and put on serving plate.
  • Serve and enjoy!

Notes

This recipe fills eight pepper halves, so you'll need four whole peppers.
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