Stuffed Bell Peppers With Cloves

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 -4 large bell peppers
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef or 1 1/2 lbs turkey
• 1 slice bread, crumbled (or equivalent in bread crumbs)
• 1 egg
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped, divided use
• 1 teaspoon table salt, divided use
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, divided use
• 4 tablespoons ketchup (optional)
• 1/2 cup skim milk
• 4 cups tomatoes, chopped (fresh, frozen or canned)
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 3 cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 peppers: slice tops off peppers and remove seeds. cut small hole in bottom of each for drainage. boil a few minutes, covered, in small amount of water. remove from water and drain.
• 2 filling: mix the meat, bread, egg, about 1/2 cup of the onion, 3/4 t. salt (or to taste), pepper to taste, ketchup and milk. (my mom did not include the ingredients for her meatloaf so i copied most of the ingredients from yes, virginia there is a great meatloaf as they sounded pretty close to what she uses!).
• 3 stuff peppers. if you have too much meat, form extra into pepper-sized balls.
• 4 tomato sauce: mom uses about four cups of fresh (frozen) or one lg. can of canned tomatoes. heat with a couple tablespoons flour, salt and pepper to taste, chopped onion and more green pepper if you want, and maybe three cloves. mom suggests adding a little sugar to tomato-based dishes, maybe half a teaspoons.
• 5 arrange peppers in a deep casserole (mom uses a deep square corning one).
• 6 pour tomato sauce over the top. bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for about an hour. serve with boiled potatoes.