Poivrons Farçis

I learned how to make this when I moved to France. The ingredients are really simple, although putting everything together is a little time-consuming. This recipe makes a delicious sauce that is great with some bread or rice to soak it up. For how relatively simple this recipe is, it's very delicious-- a little girl who normally doesn't like vegetables at all said that she thought it was "very good".

500-700 g ground beef
2-3 stalks of parsley, chopped
2-4 bulbs of garlic, minced
1 onion, finely chopped
6 tomatoes, cut into cubes
4 Tbsp tomato sauce
salt & pepper, to taste
olive oil
6 bell peppers (any colour-- I use red)

1. Mix ground beef, parsley, garlic, onion, 3 chopped tomatoes, tomato sauce, and salt & pepper together well.

2. Wash the red peppers. Cut out the tops and pull out the seeds and membranes from inside. Stuff the meat mixture into the peppers.

3. Put some olive oil and 3 cubed tomatoes in the bottom of a glass baking dish, and place stuffed peppers on top.

4. Place in a pre-heated 400°F oven for about an hour. Be sure to turn the peppers half-way through cooking.