Stuffed Bell Peppers with Mashed Sweet Potatoes
With mashed sweet potatoes stuffed bell peppers is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the fruit‑vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 1 kg sweet potatoes (firm, cooking type)
- red and green bell peppers (2 each)
- 2 onions
- 1 tbsp butter
- 200 g grated cheese (e.g., spicy Gouda)
- Salt
- freshly ground pepper
- nutmeg
- 250 ml vegetable broth
- 1 tbsp Sunflower seeds
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley
Instructions
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1.
Peel, wash, cut potatoes into pieces and simmer in salted water for about 25 minutes.
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2.
Remove the tops of the bell peppers, core them, peel off white membranes, wash and dry. Dice the top flesh finely.
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3.
Peel, dice onions and sauté in hot butter until translucent, then set aside.
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4.
Drain potatoes. Mash with a potato masher, incorporating about half the vegetable broth. Stir in onions and 150 g grated cheese. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
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5.
Fill bell peppers with mashed sweet potatoes and place them in a baking dish. Sprinkle remaining cheese and sunflower seeds on top, then pour in the rest of the broth. Bake in preheated oven at 220 °C for about 35 minutes until golden. Garnish with parsley before serving.
