Baked Stuffed Peppers with Beef and Rice

Ingredients

Quantities are for one portion.

• 2bell peppers (red or green), halved with seeds removed
• 15 mlolive oil
• 70 gdry white rice
• salt and pepper to taste
• 150 glean beef mince
• 1onion, finely diced
• 50 mltomato passata
• 1garlic clove, minced

Method

1. Preheat the oven. Arrange the hollowed bell pepper halves in a baking dish.
2. Steam the white rice in a small pot until almost tender.
3. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Sauté the finely diced onion and minced garlic until soft.
4. Add the lean beef mince to the pan, browning it. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Stir the tomato passata into the beef and let it simmer until thick.
6. Mix the cooked beef sauce together with the steamed rice.
7. Spoon the mixture generously into the bell pepper halves. Bake until the peppers are tender, wrinkled, and slightly charred at the edges.