Top 3 Ways to Transform Thanksgiving Leftovers into an Ethnic Meal Part 2: Italian Stuffed Peppers with a Creamy Alfredo Sauce
 
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Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • Peppers
  • 4 red bell peppers
  • 3 cups leftover stuffing mix
  • ¾ lb. sweet Italian sausage, preferably already ground
  • 1½ cups crushed tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp. Romano cheese, grated
  • ½ cup water
  • Alfredo Sauce
  • 2 tbsps. butter
  • 2 tbsps. flour
  • 2 cups light cream
  • ½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
  • ¼ tsp. nutmeg
  • 2 tbsp. parsley, chopped
  • salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Brown sausage in skillet over medium heat.
  2. In a large bowl, combine browned sausage, stuffing mix, ½ cup crushed tomatoes and Romano cheese. Mix well
  3. Cut tops off of each pepper and cut out as much of the membrane as possible; rinse out seeds
  4. Stuff each pepper to the top with stuffing mixture
  5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  6. In roasting pan, combine the remaining 1 cup of crushed tomatoes and water; mix well
  7. Place peppers in roasting pan standing upright. Cover, place in oven and roast for 1 hour.
  8. Alfredo Sauce
  9. Melt butter in pan over medium heat
  10. Turn heat off and add flour; whisk together with butter to form a roux
  11. Add cream to roux and whisk until combined and smooth
  12. Turn heat to medium and whisk mixture constantly until cream thickens to desired consistency.
  13. Turn off heat and add Parmesan cheese, parsley, nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste. Mix until combined well and smooth
  14. Remove peppers from pan, top with Alfredo sauce and serve
Notes
If you can only find Italian sausage links, just cut the casing and remove the meat.
Recipe by The Spice Kit Recipes at https://www.thespicekitrecipes.com/italian-stuffed-peppers-creamy-alfredo-sauce/