Stuffed Piquillo Peppers
- 12 fresh Piquillo peppers, with stem ends cut off and de-seeded
- 4 tomatoes, sliced into quarters
- 4 garlic cloves
- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 6 ounces white wine
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 pound dried, salted codfish
- 6 ounces white wine
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves, for garnish
- To make the sauce: In a blender, drop in the tomatoes and garlic and blend until well chopped.
- Add the olive oil, white wine, and salt and blend until finely pureed; set aside.
- To make the stuffing: In a medium sized pot half filled with boiling water, boil the dried cod for about 10 minutes until rehydrated.
- Drain and put the codfish into a blender.
- Add the white wine, garlic, parsley, and salt and blend everything together.
- Then, in a medium sized bowl, whisk together the milk and flour.
- Add this mixture to the codfish mixture in the blender and puree until it's the consistency of mashed potatoes.
- Heat a medium skillet over medium-low heat, pour in the codfish stuffing mixture, and cook just until the mixture is heated through.
- Put the mixture into a medium sized bowl and let it cool before stuffing the peppers.
- To stuff the peppers: With a small spoon, carefully stuff about 1/2 teaspoon of the codfish mixture inside each pepper.
- It should fill the pepper's cavity but should not be falling out.
- Continue until all the peppers have been filled.
- To finish the dish: In a large nonstick skillet on medium-low heat, add the sauce for the peppers.
- Then very carefully place each pepper in the pan and cook for about 15 minutes, or until heated through.
- Gently take each pepper out of the pan and place on a serving platter.
- Spoon the sauce over the peppers and garnish with 2 tablespoons chopped parsley.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/stuffed-piquillo-peppers-recipe.html (may not work)