Ingredients

  • 12 mini sweet peppers hollowed out
  • 15 ounces ricotta cheese
  • 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella
  • 4 slices bacon cooked and crumbled, reserve 1 tablespoon fat for sauteing
  • 1/4 cup diced red onion
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic or to taste
  • salt
  • pesto

Method

  • Combine cooked and crumbled bacon, 1 tablespoon bacon fat, fresh spinach, minced garlic, and diced red onion in pan and saute until spinach is just wilted. Remove from heat.
  • Combine ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste.
  • Combine spinach mixture and cheese mixture. Stuff with a spoon or piping bag a generous amount of spinach/ cheese mixture into hollowed out mini peppers. Place in a greased glass baking pan and bake at 400 degrees 50 minutes.
  • Remove from oven an serve over your favorite pasta sauce and garnish accordingly.