005047 Gemista recipe - Vegetables stuffed with rice – Greek recipes

A healthy vegetarian traditional greek recipe used by our greek grandmothers for years.

Traditional Greek recipes from the island of Crete.

 Its local name is “Gemistá” which means “stuffed” in Greek

  

Local name of the dish: “Gemistá”

Place of origin: Greek recipes, recipes from Crete

Type of course: Main dish

Type of cooking: Oven

 

 

List of ingredients of gemista recipe :

  1. 5-6 large mature tomatoes
  2. 2-3 eggplants
  3. 2-3 big size zucchinis
  4. 2-3 green peppers
  5. 2-3 potatoes
  6. 2 onions
  7. Dill,
  8. Parsley
  9. 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
  10. 1/2 kilo rice
  11. 1 1/2 cups grated cheese

 

Preparation of gemista recipe:

  1. Hollow out the tomatoes, eggplants and zucchinis  and place their pulp in a bowl.
  2. Finely chop and add to the pulp the rice, salt, pepper, olive oil and finely chopped onion, dill and parsley and mix.
  3. Season the scooped tomatoes, zucchinis, eggplants and peppers and stuff each with the mixture.
  4. Place the stuffed vegetables in a baking pan.
  5. Just before you turn off the oven sprinkle them with a little grated cheese.

 

 

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