Stuffed Banana Peppers Recipe

Ingredients

3 cups tomato sauce, divided
12 banana peppers
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
2/3 cup grated parmeasan cheese, divided
1/8 cup minced fresh basil, or 2 tea. dried basil
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 tea. salt
1/4 tea. pepper
1/4 lb. ground beef
1/4 lb. hot bulk Italian sausage
1/4 lb. ground veal
1/8 cup olive oil

Preparation

Step 1

Grease 13-x" baking dish. Spread 1/4 cup tomato sauce in the dish and set aside.

Cut tops off peppers and remove seeds. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, bread crumbs, 1/3 cup cheese, basil, garlic, salt and pepper. Crumble the beef, sausage and veal over mixture; mix well. Spoon into peppers.

In a large skillet cook the peppers in oil in batches over medium heat for 1-2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Arrange in prepared dish. Top with remiaining sauce; sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and peppers are tender.