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Orzo & Feta Stuffed Peppers

Here's how you make Orzo & Feta Stuffed Peppers
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 45m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 red peppers, halved (large or 4 small)
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 120 grams dry orzo
  • 300 grams lentils ( green lentils, drained)
  • 2 spring onions, finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons molasses ( pomegranate molasses)
  • 120 grams tomatoes, halved (cherry)
  • 60 grams feta cheese
  • 1/2 garlic clove
  • 1 cup coriander leaves (and stalks, chopped a handful was specified)
  • 1/2 lemon (juice of ½ lemon)
  • 15 grams pine nuts (toasted)
  • Sea salt
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas mark 6.

  • Step 2: Put the peppers in a roasting dish and rub 2 tablespoons of the oil all over them and season with salt and roast for 40–45 minutes until golden and tender and ransfer to a serving dish and set aside.

  • Step 3: Meanwhile, drop the orzo into a pan of boiling water and stir well to stop it sticking and cook for 6–8 minutes until tender but still with a little bite and then drain and refresh under cold running water and drain again and tip into a mixing bowl.

  • Step 4: Add the lentils, spring onions, pomegranate molasses and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and season with salt and mix well.

  • Step 5: Stuff the cooked peppers with the mix and spoon the remaining orzo around them and arrange the cherry tomatoes and feta over the top.

  • Step 6: Bash the garlic with a little salt into a paste and then add the coriander and bash again into a paste, add the lemon juice, remaining olive oil and 1 tablespoon of water and mix into a dressing and drizzle over the stuffed peppers and scatter over the pine nuts and serve immediately.


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