Fonio and meat stuffed pepper

Ingredients:

• 2 large peppers
• 250g of minced meat
• 1 tbsp of olive oil
• 150g of cooked fonio
• 1 shallot
• 1 tbsp of the Special Senegalese Seasoning (SSS) made of garlic, parsley, chili, peppercorn and salt (optional)
• 2 garlic heads (1 if you are using the SSS)
• 1 tsp of harissa
• 1 tsp of cumin
• 100g of grated cheese (cheddar or mozzarella)
• Salt and pepper

Preparation:

1. In a saucepan, add the olive oil, the shallot and the garlic and let it brown for 3 minutes
2. Add the minced meat, the cumin, the harissa and the SSS and let it cooked for 5 min (do not let it dry too much as fonio will dry it out even more)
3. Add the cooked fonio to the preparation
4.  Cut the peppers in half and place them on an oven tray, spray some olive oil on it and sprinkle some salt
5. Add the the preparation in each of the halved pepper and finish with the cheese on top
6. Place in the over for 15 min

Note : if you like the peppers very tender, place them in the oven without stuffing for 5 min before adding the stuffing.