Varkoules Feta-pepper Boats
From hungerhealer 14 years ago
- 50 minutes to make
- Serves 5
This interesting , Greek , authentic , traditional , veggy , light , summer time , easy to make , simple dish , with a taste to remember , is an alternative if you dont have time to prepare Yemista , if you want something lighter . Read more ..There are many ingredients that you can add to this recipe but I prefer the original recipe. Its origen is Smyrni ( today being named Izmir ) , a sea-side city on the eastern shore of the Aegean Sea ( Turkey today ) . When those thousands of Greeks were violently forced to leave ( murder , rape ) , they brought many recipes with them . This is one of them !! It can be an appetizer , a second course or a main dish . They normally had it as an appetizer See less
Ingredients
- 8 medium equal-sized green bell-peppers , rinsed shopping list
- 4 onions peeled , rinsed shopping list
- 1 handful fresh parsley leaves , rinsed shopping list
- 4 ripish tomatoes , rinsed shopping list
- 8 garlic cloves , peeled and rinsed shopping list
- extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- salt pepper oregano shopping list
- 16 cubes 1.5 x 1.5 cm original Greek feta cheese shopping list
- sugar shopping list
- love and passion for cooking shopping list
How to make it
- Cut the peppers longitudinally in half , remove outer stem and inner seeds
- Place pepper halves in a relatively deep oven pan . Sprinkle a little sugar , salt and pepper in every half
- Blend onions , parsley , tomatoes and garlic together . Add salt , pepper and a some pinches of sugar . This is your filling .
- Fill each pepper half 3/4 ful and insert a cube of Feta .
- Add 2 tbsps olive oil in every half .
- Pour 3 cups olive oil on top of halves , evenly across the pan.
- Sprinkle with oregano .
- Pre heat your oven to 220 degr. Celcius , place your oven pan on second lower scale , turn down temp to 190 degr. immediately and roast for 50 min , grilling the last 5 min .
- There should only be oil left at the bottom of your pan at the end.
- Like Yemista , this dish needs fresh bread for dipping in the oil and some extra Feta on the side !! Eaten cool or slightly chilled but NEVER hot !!
- Kali orexi ( bon appetite )
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Reviewed by 13 people-
This looks lovely Healer! Thank you!
keep well yourself.
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Sounds and looks delicious!
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Wow/whats not to luv great ingredients awsome recipe thanks bunches
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