These sausage stuffed mini peppers rely on garlic and fine herbs flavor Boursin cheese and hot Italian sausage. The colorful mini peppers stay nice and crunchy.
Preparation Details
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
Servings: 18
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound hot Italian sausage
- 2/3 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes , or to taste (optional)
- 3 green onions , chopped, divided
- 1 ( 5.3-ounce) package herb flavored Gournay cheese (Such as Boursin ® Garlic and Fine Herbs)
- 9 mini bell peppers , sliced lengthwise, membranes and seeds removed
- fresh parsley sprigs or fresh basil for garnish
Steps
- Crumble sausage into a nonstick skillet over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add mushrooms, red pepper flakes, and green onions, reserving about 3 tablespoons of green onion tops. Stir until sausage is browned, 3 to 4 more minutes. Drain any excess fat.
- Remove skillet from heat and stir in Boursin until melted and well blended with the other ingredients.
- Fill each pepper half with about 1 1/2 tablespoons sausage mixture; place filled peppers on a baking sheet.
- Preheat the oven’s broiler.
- Broil until filling is lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Place on a serving tray and sprinkle with reserved green onion tops. Garnish with sprigs of fresh parsley or fresh basil. Serve warm or at room temperature.
