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Halloumi Stuffed Peppers

Full of wonderful flavours and textures, these vegetarian stuffed peppers make a great supper or dinner party starter

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and halloumi work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 49 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Cut the tops off the red peppers, remove the seeds and membranes, and stand the peppers upright in a baking dish.

  2. Put the couscous in a heatproof bowl, pour the hot vegetable stock over it, cover and leave for 5 minutes until the stock is absorbed. Fluff with a fork.

  3. Drain the marinated mushrooms and chop them roughly.

  4. Heat a non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Fry the halloumi cubes, turning them, for 3 to 4 minutes until golden on the outside.

  5. Gently mix the couscous, chopped mushrooms, halloumi and chopped parsley in a bowl.

  6. Spoon the filling into the peppers, packing it in well and piling it up slightly on top.

  7. Cover the dish loosely with foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for 10 to 15 minutes more, until the peppers are tender and the filling is golden on top.

  8. Serve the stuffed peppers hot with the mixed salad leaves and garlic bread.

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Pepper + halloumitop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together49 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Cheese + breadtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,130 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Halloumi + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Parsley + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together9,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, mushroom, halloumi, cheese, garlic, bread):

  1. Thymeabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Parsleythe original
  3. Oreganoabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Basilabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, mushroom, halloumi, cheese, garlic, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).