Baked Capsicum (bell Peppers)

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 -5 capsicums (bell peppers, red or yellow)
• 1/2 cup tuna (if canned, then in brine, drained)
• 1 -2 cup fresh breadcrumb
• 12 black olives, seedless, chopped
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, grated
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to gas mark 4/180c/350°f.
• 2 in a bowl, mix the tuna, black olives, grated garlic, chopped parsley and breadcrumbs until you have a smooth mixture.
• 3 season with salt and pepper.
• 4 cut the peppers in half and remove the seeds but leaving the stalks intact (they are not edible but they do look attractive and they help the pepper halves to keep their shape).
• 5 stuff each half with 3-4 tbsp of the mixture.
• 6 place on a well-greased baking tray.
• 7 drizzle the top with olive oil and bake the capsicums in top shelf of the oven for about 45-50 minutes.
• 8 remove from oven and transfer them onto a serving dish, with all the juices from the tray poured over the peppers.
• 9 drizzle with a little more of olive oil if desired.