# Pimientos del piquillo rellenos

A recipe for stuffed piquillo peppers with a seafood filling and a delicious sauce.

- Cuisine: Spanish
- Category: Appetizer
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- olive oil
- onion
- salt
- garlic clove
- leek
- monkfish
- pepper
- shrimp
- cream
- onion
- brandy
- roasted piquillo peppers
- fish stock

## Instructions

1. Pour olive oil into the pan.
2. Chop the onion.
3. Add the onion to the pan and season it with salt.
4. Sauté the onion until golden brown.
5. Grate the garlic.
6. Chop the leek.
7. Add the garlic and leek to the pan.
8. Sauté it.
9. Chop the monkfish.
10. Add the monkfish to the pan and season it with pepper.
11. Peel and chop the shrimp.
12. Add the shrimp to the pan.
13. Add the cream and mix it.
14. Remove the pan from the heat.
15. Pour the filling into a container and blend it until it forms a paste.
16. Put the filling in a piping bag.
17. Chop the onion.
18. Pour the onion in the pan.
19. Sauté the onion until golden brown.
20. Add the monkfish liver.
21. Add the brandy and burn off the alcohol.
22. Add the piquillo peppers.
23. Add the fish stock.
24. Pour the sauce into a container and blend it until it forms a sauce.
25. Strain the sauce with a colander.
26. Fill the piquillo peppers with the filling.
27. Add olive oil to a baking sheet and put the peppers on it.
28. Season the peppers with salt and bake them.
29. Serve the peppers with the sauce on top.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- pan
- fork
- spoon
- immersion blender
- piping bag
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- colander

## Tips

- Use good ingredients for the filling.
- Make a well caramelized sofrito for the sauce
- Add the fresh liver of the monkfish to the sauce for a good flavor, but it is optional.
- If you buy a fresh monkfish, you can use the head and bones to make a fumet.
- If the sauce is too thick, add a little more fumet or even a little water and blend again.
- Always pass the sauces through fine strainers to have elegant and fine sauce

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/marialomchef10/reel/Czam1mMMd0A/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/779d3cb3-749a-4ce9-bac2-3cd062d59e9f
- Extracted: 2025-05-08

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