Recipe - Stuffed Banana Peppers

1 pound Hot ground Italian Sausage;
roasted and chopped
; fine
One half cup Locatelli Romano cheesee
One half cup Bread crumbs
Salt and pepper to taste
1 lg Egg
Olive oil to saute
4 Banana peppers; (Hungarian
hots or
; mild as preferred)
1 cup Marinara sauce; heated for
service
1 Wedge dry ricotta cheese

Mix sausage, cheese, bread crumbs, salt and pepper, and egg together in
mixing bowl. Season to taste. Adjust mixture with additional cheese and
bread crumbs if too dry or moist medium moisture for stuffing desired.

Make a radial slice around the top of the banana pepper leaving the top
intact. Pull back top and remove seeds if so desired. Gently stuff mixture
into peppers. Place olive oil in hot saute pan. Gently place peppers in the
pan and fry each side until browned. Place marinara sauce in middle of
plate. Arrange peppers on top of marinara and grate the dry ricotto cheese
on top of the hot peppers

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Per serving: 471 Calories (kcal); 13g Total Fat; (25% calories from fat);
19g Protein; 70g Carbohydrate; 187mg Cholesterol; 1575mg Sodium Food
Exchanges: 4 Grain(Starch); 1 Lean Meat; 2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 2 Fat; 0
Other Carbohydrates

Recipe by: COOKING LIVE PRIMETIME SHOW #CP0050

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