Bulgarian filled peppers

These peppers are one of the dishes from Staty’s family as a legacy of his Bulgarian roots. Everyone tremendously loved how tasty they are. Moreover, they are very easy to cook and are simple on ingredients.
2 ratings
  • Super easy
  • 15 minutes
  • 60 minutes
  • 2 poritons

Ingredients


  • 3 red or yellow peppers
  • 20g fresh parsley leaves
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 200g cottage cheese
  • 200g Feta cheese
  • 1 egg
  • sunflower seeds on top (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • bread as a side dish
  • spices:
    • Provencal herbs (oregano, basil, thyme, …)
    • black pepper

Instructions - Bulgarian filled peppers


  1. Preheat the oven to 200 ° C on a hot air mode (fan) or to 220 ° C on top and bottom baking mode
  2. Wash the peppers, cut them in half and remove the inside seeds (but leave the stalk). Place them on the baking paper tray with the inner side up and add a little salt and sugar to each pepper
  3. In a separate bowl, prepare a mixture: mix the cottage cheese with the feta cheese and egg, spices and a bit of oil
  4. Fill the peppers with a cottage cheese mixture and bake for about 45 minutes using the baking mode or 25 minutes using the hot air mode
  5. In the meantime, if you want, you can toast sunflower seeds in a dry pan – just a few minutes
  6. When the peppers are ready, sprinkle them with prepared seeds and finely chopped fresh parsley. We recommend bread as a side dish

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