Vegetable Stuffed Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 400 g bread, i usually use a farmhouse style loaf
• 1 small red bell pepper, sliced
• 1 small yellow bell pepper
• 1 small courgette, sliced
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 tablespoon herbes de provence or 1 tablespoon oregano
• 2 -3 cloves garlic, minced
• salt, to taste
• black pepper, to taste
• 1 -1 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated
• olive oil, for frying

Recipe

• 1 slice the top of the loaf of bread and scoop out the soft part in the middle, leaving about 1 inch all around.
• 2 (it's up to you what you do with it, sometimes i leave it out and use it in another dish, other times i cut 1/2 of it into cubes and fry it with the vegetables.).
• 3 in a skillet heat the olive oil and fry all the veg, adding seasoning and garlic, until softened, approx 5 minutes.
• 4 remove from heat and pour out any liquid.
• 5 now layer the veg and cheese into the hollowed out bread and replace the top.
• 6 wrap the whole loaf in aluminium foil, place on a tray and bake in the middle of a preheated oven (180°c/350°f/gas 4) for about 40-45 minutes, until heated through and all the cheese has melted.
• 7 slice with a very sharp knife and serve imidiatly.