This is a hectic time of year and the last thing someone needs is to be stressing over cooking, which I typically find therapeutic rather than stressful. Here’s a quick and easy appetizer recipe so you don’t have to go somewhere empty-handed if you promised to make something but ran out of time to do a more complex recipe (as I did). I got this idea from Barbara at Winos and Foodies. I just added some green (i.e., chives) to make the peppadews more Christmasy. Despite their simplicity, these little guys make a good impression and nice presentation!
Peppadew Peppers Stuffed w/ Feta, Cream Cheese and Chives
Ingredients:
6 ounces feta cheese (crumbled)
8 ounces whipped cream cheese
1/3 cup chopped fresh chives
42 peppadew peppers (I found mine at the grocery store’s olive bar)
Procedure:
Combine first 3 ingredients then stuff peppers
** I used the tip of a butter knife to stuff the peppers, however a friend who liked this recipe said they are going to use a pastry bag to insert the filling. A great idea which I will use next time because filling the peppers was the most time consuming part of this recipe.
***You will have some leftover filling which you can use as a spread on crostini or crackers, a dip for veggies, a sandwich spread, or you can buy more peppadews to fill.
Happy Holidays to all and to all a good night!!
This is such a great idea! We have those peppers at our grocery store, too. A nice cheesy filling, and poof! Yum factor.
A good night to you, too. :)
Thanks Lisa! Hope you’re enjoying the holidays w/ some delicious bites.
Now you know why they stuffed peppadew are so expensive to buy from the deli counter. These look great Bruno. Your Christmas looks like it was a lot of fun.
Hey Bruno! This is a great app recipe! I’m going to try it!
Thanks!
Barbara – Thanks! Christmas was great… hope yours was too!
Michelle – Thank you very much! I think you’ll like these!
These look delicious. Can’t wait to try them. I’m thinking it would be very easy to mix up the cheese filling in a heavy duty ZipLock bag and then just snip the corner off to squeeze the filling out and stuff the peppers.
Thanks Mary Ann… and great idea for inserting the filling!