Basil Cottage Cheese Bake

Name: Basil Cottage Cheese Bake
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Dairy
Ingredients: 220 g cottage cheese smooth; 1 eggs; 8 tsp pesto basil; 1 red pepper; freshly ground black pepper to taste

4 servings

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By Food24 January 11 2010

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Ingredients (5)

220 g	cottage cheese — smooth
1	eggs
8 tsp	pesto — basil
1	red pepper
	freshly ground black pepper — to taste

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Method:

Quarter and seed the red pepper. Place skin side up on baking try under hot grill until skin blackens and pepper is soft.Remove skin and cut into thin strips.
Pre-heat oven to 200C
Prepare 4 large muffin cups with non stick spray and line the bottom with pepper strips. Place 2 tsb of basil pesto in each cup on top of pepper.
Mix cottage cheese and egg and season with pepper. Fill muffin cups with mixture and place in oven.
The mixture will rise high but deflates again when removed from the oven. Bake for 20 – 30 minutes or until cheese set.
Serve cold with melba toast or on its own.