 12 ripe tomatoes
˝ kilo (1 lb 2 oz) minced meat
2 teacups rice
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
2 chopped onions
1 teaspoon chopped mint
1 ˝ teacups olive oil
Salt and Pepper
Tomatoes stuffed
with minced meat & rice (Gemista)
First wash the tomatoes Then cut a thin
round slice off the top, stem end of each one with a sharp knife and keep them aside.
Scoop most of the tomato pulp out, with a
teaspoon, and shred it finely.
Then prepare the stuffing with the
following way :
Heat the oil in a cooking pan and saute the onions in it, until the look brown. Add the
minced meat and let it saute for 10 minutes, stirring with a spoon all the time. Add the
tomato pulp, the parsley, salt, pepper, the mint and some water and let them boil for
approximately one hour.
Then wash and strained the rice Add the
rice and continue boiling for another 10 minutes. Fill the tomatoes, which you have
arranged in a Pyrex dish or baking pan, with the prepared stuffing.
Pour some tomato juice in the pan/dish and
fill the gaps between the stuffed tomatoes with potatoes’ slices Bake it in a medium
oven for approximately 40-45 minutes Note: when you fill the tomatoes, be careful not to
overfill them
The above recipe is for 5-6 servings
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