Mini Peppers Filled with Goat Cheese and Asparagus
Category
Appetizers
Sub
Category
None
Servings
8
Preptime
25 minutes
Ingredients
8 sweet mini peppers or gypsy peppers, stemmed, cut in half lengthwise, and seeded
8 ounces asparagus spears, ends trimmed, chopped
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary leaves
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Pinch red chile flakes
1/2 cup fresh goat cheese
Instructions
Preparation
1. Preheat broiler with rack set in top third of oven.
2. Toss peppers and asparagus in 1 tbsp. oil and spread out on a rimmed baking sheet. Broil, turning often, until starting to soften and brown slightly, 6 minutes.
3. Whirl garlic, rosemary, salt, pepper, chile flakes, and goat cheese in a food processor until just combined.
4. Spoon about 1 tbsp. cheese mixture into each pepper half and top with asparagus. Drizzle with remaining 1 tbsp. oil.
Sunset
MAY 2012
