Giant plant (with giant fruits)
Variety from Spain
Ramiro sweet pointed peppers are a sweet variety of the common pepper. Higher sugar content their taste is sweeter than that of normal peppers. They have a longish pointed shape and exist in three different colors, red, yellow, green. Ideal for salads, grilled, or as finger food. Also very decorative as antipasti stuffed with feta cheese for example.
History
Ramiro came into existence through crossings of old varieties. Probably based on the Eastern-European-Turkish-Indian type of pepper. Dutch growers rediscovered this variety three years ago and made it a successful product.
Fruit length: 24 – 30 cm
Fruit weight: 100g
Fruit width: 4,5 - 5 cm
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 100 grams
Calories: 31
Protein: 0.99 grams
Fat: 0.30 grams
Carbohydrate: 6.03 grams
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Stuffed Ramiro Peppers
Ingredients
½ pepper
drizzle of olive oil
55g/2oz sausage meat
30g/1oz Caerphilly cheese
For the sauce
pinch of chili flakes
dash of soy sauce
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tsp sesame oil
drizzle of olive oil
Method
Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.
Drizzle the pepper half with olive oil, place on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 5-6 minutes.
Remove from the oven and spoon in the sausage meat and cheese. Return to the oven and cook for 10-12 minutes or until cooked through.
To make the sauce, mix the chilli flakes, soy sauce, ketchup, sesame oil and olive oil together in a bowl.
Transfer the stuffed pepper to a serving plate and spoon the sauce over to serve.
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