Stuffed peppers with beef

Ingredients

• 4 Bell peppers any color
• 5 TBSP Extra virgin olive oil
• 1 medium Yellow onion Peeled and chopped
• 1 clove Garlic Peeled and chopped
• 1 Pound Lean ground beef
• 1/2 Pound Ground pork
• 2 cups Cooked rice
• 1 Cup Tomatoes (fresh or drained can) Chopped
• 1 cup Fresh mushrooms Chopped
• 1 cup Red-green peppers Diced
• 2 tablespoon Tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon Fresh oregano Or 1 tsp dried
• 1 tablespoon Fresh tarragon Or 1 tsp dried
• Salt & pepper
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated
• 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese grated

Instructions

1. 1 Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Meanwhile, cut top off peppers 1 inch from the stem end, and remove seeds. Add several generous pinches of salt to boiling water, then add peppers and boil, using a spoon to keep peppers completely submerged, until brilliant green (or red if red peppers) and their flesh slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Drain, set aside to cool.
2. 2 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Heat 4 tbsp of the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions ,chopped peppers ,mushrooms and cook, stirring often, until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, oregano, tarragon and the garlic and simmer for 10 minutes more. Season to taste with salt and pepper Remove skillet from heat,
3. 3 Mix raw meat, rice,and 1/2 cup of the tomato mixture , and season generously with salt and pepper. Mix well. (You may find it easier to put the ingredients at this point into a large bowl and mix together with your hands.)
4. 4. Stuff peppers with the filling
5. 5 Arrange the cut side of the peppers up in a baking dish with 1/4cup of water on the bottom (or put a little of the tomato mixture in the bottom of an over-sized muffin tin, place stuffed peppers in the indentations) then spoon tomato mixture over the peppers. Cover in foul. Place in oven and bake for 40-50 minutes (or longer, depending on how big the peppers are that you are stuffing), until the internal temperature of the stuffed peppers is 150-160°F.
6. Just prior to finishing in the oven , sprinkle grated parmesan and cheddar cheese on top, put back in oven to finish cooking and melt cheese