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Stuffed Peppers Italienne

 1-2 lbs. ground beef
 ½ cup rice
 1 egg
 1 medium size onion
 1 tsp salt
 ½ tsp pepper
 2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
 3 fairly good sized Witten’s peppers
Sauce:
 1 -29 oz can tomato puree
 1/2 to 3/4 can water (use empty puree can)
 3 tbsp sugar
 salt & pepper to taste
 3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
 1 tsp oregano
1

Preheat oven to 350°.

2

Parboil rice about 5 minutes; drain.

3

Cut peppers in half vertically (top to bottom); remove seeds; parboil 5 minutes; drain.

4

Mix meat, egg, rice, seasonings, cheese and grated onion together. Place mixture into pepper halves and place in baking container with sauce.

Sauce:
5

Mix sauce ingredients together.

6

Place about half of sauce into baking dish.

7

Arrange peppers in dish. Cover with rest of sauce.

8

Sprinkle with more cheese and a little more oregano.

9

Cover.

10

Bake in 350° oven 1 1/2 hours; remove cover about 15 minutes before end of cooking time-if you wish meat mixture to be browned.