Roasted Red Pepper Cups (for Creole Baked Goat Cheese)

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 medium red bell pepper
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 cut red pepper in half to form a top and bottom. remove and discard the seeds and trim the stem to allow the top half pepper cup to stand up.
• 2 rub the inside of the pepper cups with olive oil and season them lightly with salt and pepper.
• 3 place them in a pie plate, cut side up, and bake them for 5 minutes in a 350 ºf, preheated oven. during this roasting step you will be just slightly softening the pepper. the final cooking will take place after the pepper cups are stuffed.
• 4 allow the cups to cool upside down to allow the excess juice to drain out prior to filling with the goat cheese mixture.