cherry pepper poppers

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 12 fresh cherry peppers
• 6 ounces sharp provolone cheese, cubed
• 6 ounces prosciutto, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 25 mins


• slice the tops off of the cherry peppers and carefully remove the seeds, keeping peppers whole. wrap a cube of cheese with prosciutto, and stuff into a pepper. if there is still room inside the pepper, stuff in more prosciutto. repeat with remaining peppers.
• place all of the stuffed peppers into a 1 quart jar - or one that your peppers will all fit into, and sprinkle salt over them. pour in enough olive oil to cover the peppers. cover, and let stand for 1 hour before eating. refrigerate leftovers.