Macedonian Stuffed Bell Peppers - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 medium green peppers
2 tablespoons butter
4 small onions, finely chopped
2 small green peppers, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 cup chopped ham
1 1/2 cups tomato puree
salt and pepper
4 cups fine breadcrumbs
2 eggs
1/2 cup cracker crumb

Preparation

Cut the top from the stem end of each pepper.
Remove seeds and wash.
Drop peppers into boiling, salted water and parboil 5 minutes; Drain completely.
Melt butter in heavy frying pan.
Add onions, garlic and chopped pepper and saute until tender.
Add tomato puree, ham, salt, and pepper to taste; Simmer for 15 minutes.
Remove from heat, stir in bread crumbs and eggs.
Stuff mixture into pepper shells. Sprinkle tops with cracker crumbs. Bake in oven of 350 for about 25 minutes or until stuffing is firm and lightly browned on top.