Eastern European Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients

• 5 large peppers, tops cut and seeds removed
• 500g pork mince
• 1 cup cooked rice
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp paprika
• For sauce: 1 can chopped tomatoes, 500ml stock, 1 tbsp paprika, 1 onion, 2 bay leaves, 1 tsp sugar
• 3 tbsp oil
• Salt and pepper
• Soured cream and dill to serve

Instructions

1. Mix mince with rice, onion, garlic, egg, paprika, salt and pepper.
2. Stuff the peppers; replace tops.
3. Make sauce: fry onion, add tomato, stock, paprika, bay and sugar.
4. Arrange peppers in the sauce, standing.
5. Simmer covered 1 hour until tender.
6. Serve with soured cream and dill.

Serving suggestions

• Lovely with mashed potato.

Storage & reheating

Keeps 4 days; freezes well.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is not yet available for this recipe. Values vary with portion size and exact ingredients — we will add verified figures here soon.

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