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Basil & Goat Cheese Stuffed Peppers Appetizer – Easy 10 Min. Appetizer!

December 18, 2016 by Denise 20 Comments

green plate with goat cheese stuffed peppadews with text
green plate with goat cheese stuffed peppadews with text
green plate with goat cheese stuffed peppadews with text

This goat cheese & basil stuffed peppers appetizer is a festive and easy appetizer that are perfect for holiday parties! In only 10 minutes and with 6 ingredients you can make these delicious appetizers for the next holiday party!

You might also like this low carb bacon goat cheese ball appetizer!

green plate with goat cheese stuffed pepper appetizer and a sprig of holly
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Every month my sister, my friend Lisa and I go down to the Strip District in Pittsburgh to do some food exploring and shopping. The Strip is a wonderful area of Pittsburgh where you can find just about anything food related. One of the things Lisa bought recently was this huge can of peppadews.

Seeing these bright red peppers I remembered how she would stuff them with cheese to make the perfect finger food for a party. So for this weeks Sunday Supper theme of Easy Holiday Party Recipes I decided to make this goat cheese & basil stuffed peppers appetizer. 

What Are Peppadew Peppers?

Peppadew is the brand name for a small round red pepper known as a sweet piquanté pepper. You can often find them in grocery stores in the olive bar and they are usually pickled. The pickled peppadews are sweet and slightly spicy and go great with when stuffed with a creamy cheese which is what we are doing today. The best substitute for a peppadew is a picked cherry pepper. 

If you can’t find them in grocery store, you probably can find them in an Italian grocery like I did. Learn more about peppadews here.

white bowl with red peppadew peppers and sprig of holly

Goat Cheese & Basil Stuffed Peppers Appetizer Recipe

The peppadew peppers I bought were marinated in a thick, sugary, pickle-like juice. So when I mixed up the tangy cheese mixture it went perfectly with the spicy, sweet peppers. On top I sprinkled some chopped pecans just because I like the crunch and it made them a bit neater looking. 

ingredients to make stuffed pepper appetizer: goat cheese, cream cheese, basil, garlic and peppadews

To make this recipe all you need to do is mix the goat cheese, cream cheese, garlic and basil together and stuff each pepper. Then top each one with a chopped pecans or nuts of your choice. 

green plate with goat cheese stuffed pepper appetizer, crushed nuts, bowl of peppadews  and a sprig of holly

So start to finish this appetizer can’t take more than 10 minutes. And I’m sure many of you are more creative than me and can come up with a beautiful way to display all these red beauties. 

closeup of green plate with goat cheese stuffed pepper appetizer and a sprig of holly

I hope you like this super easy and tasty goat cheese & basil stuffed peppers appetizer.  

 

decorative plate with goat cheese stuffed pepper appetizer

For more great ideas scroll down to see my friends at Sunday Supper’s recipes. And a special thank you to Caroline from Caroline’s Cooking for hosting. Enjoy!

These goat cheese & basil stuffed peppadews are an easy yet festive appetizer that are perfect for holiday parties!
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Goat Cheese & Basil Stuffed Peppers Appetizer

This goat cheese & basil stuffed peppers appetizer is an easy yet festive appetizer that are perfect for holiday parties!

Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Keyword appetizer, easy recipe, hatch chile peppers, holiday appetizer, peppadews, stuffed peppers
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 30
Author Denise Wright (MyLifeCookbook.com)

Ingredients

  • 30 peppadews marinated
  • 4 oz goat cheese
  • 1 oz cream cheese
  • 4 basil leaves finely chopped
  • 2 teaspoons crushed garlic
  • ½ cup pecans finely chopped
  • 30 pickled peppadew peppers

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, combine the cheese, basil and garlic. Mix well.
  2. Drain and dry marinated peppadews for easier handling.
  3. Stuff each peppadew with the cheese mixture and then dip the tops into the chopped pecans.
  4. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

green plate with goat cheese stuffed peppadews with text

 

 

 

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Nutritional information for the recipe is provided as a courtesy and is approximate only. You should always do your own calculations if you are concerned about the accuracy of this or any recipe. I use the Lose It app for all of my nutritional information because I have for years.

Comments

  1. Shannon @ Pass Me Some Tasty

    January 03, 2017 at 12:36 am

    These look absolutely delish and perfect as an appetizer for my next gathering!

    Reply
    • Denise

      January 15, 2017 at 8:01 am

      Thanks Shannon! It’s really easy and tasty.

      Reply
  2. michele

    December 20, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    I love peppadews and have never thought to stuff them! What a great idea! Pinning!

    Reply
    • Denise

      December 20, 2016 at 3:09 pm

      Thanks Michele! I hope you like them.

      Reply
  3. Sue Lau

    December 19, 2016 at 1:11 pm

    Great tapas!

    Reply
    • Denise

      December 20, 2016 at 3:10 pm

      Great idea!

      Reply
  4. anne

    December 19, 2016 at 11:00 am

    I love peppadews – and the goat cheese stuffing sounds amazing!

    Reply
  5. Erin

    December 18, 2016 at 6:58 pm

    I love anything pepper related. These look so good!

    Reply
    • Denise

      December 19, 2016 at 8:51 am

      Me too Erin!

      Reply
  6. Christie

    December 18, 2016 at 4:54 pm

    I LOVE pappadews!! I have had them a handful of times, but LOVE their flavor. I’d devour these.

    Reply
  7. Caroline

    December 18, 2016 at 3:48 pm

    Those little peppadews are great and love the sound of the stuffing. Yum!

    Reply
    • Denise

      December 19, 2016 at 8:51 am

      Thank you Caroline!

      Reply
  8. Cindy Kerschner

    December 18, 2016 at 2:36 pm

    I never heard of peppadews. I need to try these real soon!

    Reply
    • Denise

      December 18, 2016 at 4:52 pm

      I’m pretty new to them too. They are really good!

      Reply
  9. Liz

    December 18, 2016 at 2:34 pm

    Easy, beautiful and tasty! Can’t beat that!!!

    Reply
    • Denise

      December 18, 2016 at 4:52 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  10. Monica

    December 18, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    We love these! That plate would be gone in no time at our house!!!!! I’ve never thought to add nuts – I’ll try this next time.

    Reply
    • Denise

      December 18, 2016 at 4:53 pm

      I hope you like the addition Monica!

      Reply
  11. Kristen Chidsey

    December 18, 2016 at 7:27 am

    I am so glad that you and Lisa took that trip to the Strip that inspired these–so good!

    Reply
    • Denise

      December 18, 2016 at 4:53 pm

      Yes Lisa is a kindred spirit when it comes to food. The 3 of us have lots of fun on these trips.

      Reply

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