Grilled Pesto Peppers

Difficulty:
1/5

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 4 red peppers
  • 2 large garlic cloves cut into thin slivers
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil (60ml)
  • 3 tablespoons pesto (45ml)
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 8 balls of Bocconcini cheese, sliced

Directions

  1. Cut peppers in half lengthways Scrape out and discard the cores and seeds. Drizzle olive oil, season with salt and pepper and add a few slivers of garlic into the cavity of each pepper.
  2. Preheat the grill to 375°F/200°C or medium high heat   Place the peppers on the grill, cavity side up, until charred (approximately 3 minutes)
  3. Add a spoonful of pesto into each of the peppers and slices of Bocconcini cheese.
  4. Continue to cook peppers until cheese is melted (approximately 3 minutes).