GRILLED BELL PEPPERS STUFFED WITH BASIL PESTO, BOCCOCINI CHEESE

Grilled Bell Peppers Stuffed With Basil Pesto, Boccocini Cheese image

Provided by CHILI SPICE

Categories Peppers

Time 16m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 sweet bell peppers, halved lengthways (red, orange and yellow)
2 large garlic cloves, cut into thin slivers
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons basil pesto
salt & freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
5 mozzarella cheese, boccocini cheese balls sliced (fresh mozzarella cheese sold in most grocery store deli's)

Steps:

Preheat the grill to 375 degrees F.
Scrape out the cores and seeds from the peppers.
Brush olive oil inside peppers and season cavity with salt and pepper.
Add a few slices of garlic to each pepper cavity and place on grill (cavity side up) until charred (approximately 3 minutes).
Add a spoonful of pesto to each of the peppers and slices of Boccocini cheese.
Continue to cook peppers until cheese in melted (approximately 3 minutes).
Serve right away.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 82.7, Fat 7, SaturatedFat 1, Sodium 3.4, Carbohydrate 5.4, Fiber 2.4, Sugar 1.5, Protein 1.1