Stuffed Pointed Peppers

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Finely chop the onion, garlic, parsley, and mint.
Add the chopped ingredients to a bowl with the ground beef, cottage cheese or quark, feta, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, cumin, and olive oil.
Knead everything together until the filling is well combined.
Fill the pointed peppers with the meat mixture. A piping bag makes this much easier, especially with narrow peppers.

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Preheat the oven to 220 °C.
Place the stuffed peppers in a baking dish.
Bake for about 25 minutes, until the peppers are soft and the filling is cooked through.

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Grill the stuffed peppers on all sides for about 2–3 minutes to get some color.
Transfer them to a grill pan.
Grill for another 10–12 minutes, until the filling is cooked through.
Serve warm.

Fresh mint

Ground beef

Fetta cheese ready to be chopped and added to the filling.

Yellow pointed peppers

Filling ready to be piped into the peppers.

A piping bag makes filling the peppers much easier, especially with narrow ones.

Red pointed peppers ready to be grilled.

Ready to be served. The filling is juicy and flavorful, with the perfect balance of herbs and spices.

Stuffed peppers are one of those dishes that appear in many cultures, each with its own version and filling. This one leans Mediterranean, with fresh herbs, feta, cumin, and a bit of heat from cayenne pepper.

Beef on Aleš Lončar

Stuffed Pointed Peppers

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