Shishito Peppers ~ local Farmer’s Market, fresh from the garden or Fresh Market
15 Shishito Peppers
6 ounces Fontina cheese, cut into 5 slices and then cut each slice into 3 strips
3 ounces prosciutto, cut horizontally into 15 pieces
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit. Rinse and dry Shishito Peppers. Cut a slit in the side of each pepper (lengthwise – keeping the stem end in-tact) and remove the ribs and seeds. Wrap the cheese with prosciutto and stuff into peppers (wrapping the proscuitto around the end of the cheese will help the cheese to stay in the pepper as the cheese melts). Arrange the stuffed peppers on a baking sheet and drizzle lightly with olive oil. Sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper and lightly with sea salt. Bake for 15 minutes, or until the peppers start to brown and the cheese is bubbly. Serve warm.
To stuff peppers: Rinse and dry peppers. Slice peppers lengthwise to split open (leaving stem end intact).
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Love shisito peppers! I started the seeds too early this year; the frost got the little plants 😕 But the padron survived. They’re similar but padron can be hot! It’s like playing Russsian roulette when you bite into one; you wouldn’t know what you’d be getting, mild or hot. Can be fun 😄
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Sorry to hear about your little pepper plants…I have not tasted padron peppers, but can’t wait to try them! Have a wonderful weekend!
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I love shishitos too, but I always simply saute them. Will definitely need to try this. I mean prosciutto and cheese, how can you go wrong?!
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Enjoy! Happy Weekend!
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I love the idea of stuffed shisito peppers. I wonder what cheese I could swap out because I cannot stand fontina, but these looks so yummy.
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The shisito peppers looks so delicate! What a lovely treat and with the champagne, my kind of enjoying life! 🙂
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All so delicious! Love summer food!
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