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Christmas dessert

Christmas pudding trifle

10 minutes or one hour, depending on method

Baked red pepper with mozzarella pearls

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 30 - 40 minutes

Ingredients

4 large sweet red peppers
16 fresh basil leaves
300 g baby tomatoes
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
olive oil
150 g mozzarella pearls, well drained
fresh tagliolini or tagliatelle, cooked al dente, for serving
Parmesan, grated or shaved, for serving

Method

Preheat the oven to 190ºC.

Halve the peppers lengthways then remove the cores and deseed. Place skin side down on a shallow baking tin lined with baking paper.

Line each pepper half with a basil leaf then fill with tomatoes. Season then moisten with olive oil. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the peppers are soft but holding their shape.

Remove from the oven.

Divide the mozzarella pearls among the pepper halves. Season again, moisten with the pan juices, then garnish each with yet another basil leaf.

Serve over the hot pasta and top with Parmesan.

Cook’s note: Mozzarella pearls are tiny mozzarella balls, available at Woolworths.

Per serving: 1800.9kJ, 19.5g protein, 20.6g fat, 39.4g carbs

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