Seafood Stuffed Peppers with Garlic & Basil Squid recipe



Ingredients
  • 4 red and yellow capsicums (bell peppers)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 3 small deep red tomatoes
  • Handful of basil, roughly shopped
  • 3 medium mushrooms, sliced
  • 230g mixed seafood (mussels, prawns, squid)
  • 1 tube of squid, cleaned and sliced
  • 75g smoked mackerel, torn apart into pieces
  • Parmesan or mature cheddar cheese

Methods
  • Preheat the oven to 170ºC.
  • Cut capsicums in half and remove the seeds.  Place on an oven tray (I wrapped mine in foil).
  • Heat the olive oil in a frying pan then add crushed garlic, chopped tomatoes and the basil.
  • Cook for a few minutes, then add mushrooms and all of the seafood.
  • Cook for a further 10 minutes then spoon your mixture into the capsicum halves.
  • Top the capsicum halves with a small sprinkling of Parmesan or Cheddar.
  • Bake in the oven for up to 40-45 minutes or until the capsicums appear cooked.