Grilled Bell Peppers Stuffed With Basil Pesto, Boccocini Cheese

Total Time: 16 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the grill to 375 degrees f.
• 2 scrape out the cores and seeds from the peppers.
• 3 brush olive oil inside peppers and season cavity with salt and pepper.
• 4 add a few slices of garlic to each pepper cavity and place on grill (cavity side up) until charred (approximately 3 minutes).
• 5 add a spoonful of pesto to each of the peppers and slices of boccocini cheese.
• 6 continue to cook peppers until cheese in melted (approximately 3 minutes).
• 7 serve right away.