YEMISTA (GREEK STUFFED TOMATOES AND PEPPERS)
Make and share this Yemista (Greek Stuffed Tomatoes and Peppers) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 2h45m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Cut off tops of tomatoes (retain tops) and carefully scoop out flesh (retain this as well).
- Cut off tops of peppers (retain tops) and remove seeds and membrane.
- Place tomatoes and peppers in a pan large enough to hold them comfortably and give each veg a tiny dash of sugar with the tips of your fingertips (I really think this is important!).
- Take tomato flesh and process it until pureed.
- Add olive oil, rice, onion, garlic, mint, parsley, nuts, cheese, sultanas, 1 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of pepper (or season to taste).
- Stuff the vegetables evenly with this mixture.
- Replace tops of tomatoes and peppers.
- Combine 1 cup of water and 1/2 cup olive oil with a scant tablespoonful of tomato paste and a little salt and pepper and pour this around the veg.
- Bake in a preheated 375F oven (180C) for approx 1 3/4 hours (vegetables should pierce easily and be slightly blackened in parts).
- Turn off oven and leave in for another hour to'mellow' before serving.
- This is best served slightly warm or at room temperature.
- It is wonderful eaten along with little bites of feta cheese and a cool glass of white or rose.
- It will also have yummy juices begging to be mopped up with bits of crusty bread.
- In my version, I also take 3-4 medium-sized potatoes, cut them into big wedges, toss in a little olive oil with salt and pepper to taste, and'plant' in the spaces amidst the vegetables.
- That way you can have a couple of wedges of potato too.
MUM'S YEMISTA (GREEK STUFFED VEGETABLES WITH RICE)
Yemista is a common dish during summer. Its great either warm or cold. You can stuff any vegetables you like, some use to stuff potatoes, large portabellos , bell peppers any colour, grapes leaves and even zucchini's flowers, the last ones are hard to find but they are the best. Also, in the filling some add feta, great!
Provided by katia
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 2h
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Cut off tops of tomatoes (retain them) and scoop out the pulp (retaining as well). Cut off tops of peppers and remove seeds (retain tops). Cut lengthwise the eggplants and with a spoon scoop out the pulp retaining as well. Cut the end of zucchini and also scoop out the pulp, retaining.
- Place the vegetables in a pan packed closely but not squashed.
- Take the pulp of all the vegetables and process it until pureed. Add in a bowl the rice,the vegetable puree, half of the olive oil, the garlic, the onion, the parsley, the spearmint, the salt and pepper. Mix using a spoon.
- Stuff all the vegetables and place the tops of tomatoes and peppers.
- Cut the potatoes to byte pieces and spread them between the vegetables.
- Sprinkle the breadcrumbs, salt again the vegetables and add the rest of olive oil. Combine 1 cup of water.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 375°F (180°C) for approx 1.5 hour.
- If you have leftover filling, add in the pan and put on the top some diced tomato. Its the best! I usually make more filling in order to have many plain rice!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 502.8, Fat 28.4, SaturatedFat 4, Sodium 61, Carbohydrate 58.1, Fiber 11.5, Sugar 11, Protein 8.2
HALAL IRAQI STUFFED ZUCCHINI (DOLMAS)
A delicious recipe our family enjoys served over rice along with a fresh salad such as Recipe #184037. This is of combined origin consisting of the recipe, Dolmas from The Complete Middle East cookbook by Tess Mallos, Iraq section and Mhasha a Jewish Iraqi version on repicesbyrachel.com.
Provided by UmmBinat
Categories Lamb/Sheep
Time 1h40m
Yield 6 , 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Combine lamb filling ingredients. Mix thoroughly with hands and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Wash Zucchinis well.
- Depending on the type of zucchini used cut in 4 inch pieces or use whole small (cusa) zucchini sold in Middle Eastern stores by just removing their tops.
- I use the wrong end of a small spoon to remove the zucchini innards, there are gadgets sold to make cusa which can be used just be careful the object you chose to use is not too sharp or to large or the zucchini's may break.
- Rinse hollowed zucchinis with water.
- Discard innards.
- Stuff zucchinis with Lamb Filling, fairly full but not packed. (The rice will expand) If you like you may cork them with their tops shaved down a bit if using small cusa. I have made them without closer and they are fine!
- Oil a pan that will fit the zucchinis in evenly, packed together.
- Place zucchinis in pan, pour lemon juice on top and salt to taste then drizzle olive oil & date syrup over top.
- Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake a further 25-35 minutes or until cusa can be easly priked with a fork.
- *If extra liquid is needed add a little broth to the pan while cooking.
- Tomato sauce:.
- Heat olive oil a little and cook garlic for one minute or just until LIGHT brown.
- Add Tomato sauce and paste and simmer for 10 minutes then stir in as much drippings from the cooked zucchini as needed to make a semi thick sauce add baharat.
- To Serve:.
- Place zucchinis over a bed of rice (I like to cook mine in a light stock) and serve with tomato sauce and a fresh salad.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 846.6, Fat 85.5, SaturatedFat 39.1, Cholesterol 82.5, Sodium 104.1, Carbohydrate 17.7, Fiber 3.4, Sugar 7.7, Protein 4
VEGETARIAN GREEK STUFFED ZUCCHINI
Walnuts, feta, and lemon in the filling, and sweet, juicy currants in the tomato sauce, fragrant with sherry and cinnamon. All this adds up to an anything but bland zucchini dish, true to its Greek lineage. Straight from the Moosewood Restaraunt New Classic cookbook! Serve this with a crisp cucumber salad and some Provencal Olives, Braised Olives in Tomato Sauce, or Kalamata Olives with Roasted Garlic for a meal that is complete! Enjoy!
Provided by Sharon123
Categories Vegetable
Time 1h
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375*F.
- Lightly oil a baking sheet.
- Slice the zucchini in half lengthwise.
- With a paring knife, score the flesh about 1/2 inch deep.
- Place the cut sides down on the baking sheet.
- Sprinkle with the sherry and cover with foil.
- Bake for about 20 minutes, until yielding but still firm.
- While the zucchini bakes, make the sauce.
- Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the onions and garlic, and saute for about 10 minutes, until the onions are translucent.
- Add the tomato paste, tomatoes, oregano, cinnamon, and sherry.
- Then bring to a boil; reduce the heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Add the salt and pepper to taste.
- Cover and set aside.
- While the sauce is simmering, prepare the filling.
- Saute the onions and garlic in the oil for about 10 minutes, until the onions are translucent.
- In a bowl, combine the sauteed onions with the walnuts, feta, currants, and lemon juice.
- Stir in the rice.
- When the zucchini is tender, use a spoon to scoop out the flesh, leaving a thin 1/4 inch shell.
- Chop the flesh and add it to the filling.
- Mound the filling in the shells and sprinkle with seasoned bread crumbs and olive oil, if desired.
- Bake, uncovered, for about 10 to 15 minutes.
- To serve, ladle some of the tomato sauce onto each plate.
- Place a stuffed zucchini on the sauce and top with grated feta.
- Garnish with oregano leaves, if you wish.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 666.9, Fat 34.7, SaturatedFat 6.3, Cholesterol 16.7, Sodium 788.3, Carbohydrate 66.5, Fiber 10.5, Sugar 23.2, Protein 14.2
GREEK STUFFED ZUCCHINI (KOLOKITHAKIA YEMISTA AVGOLEMONO)
A delcious way to use up loads of large zucchini. I figure one medium to large zucchini per person, per serving, depending on appetite.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h40m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Cut zucchini into 1/2s or 1/3s, cored on one end (the other end is left intact) and remove filing carefully with corer so that a not-too-thick wall of zucchini remains to contain the filling, keep 1/2 the zucchini flesh removed from the coring, minced (not the shells- but the actual part of the zucchini that was removed, the other half makes a lovely omelette with a bit of parmesan for another meal!).
- You can prepare your zucchini from the previous day and keep, wrapped, in the refrigerator- this actually makes a lot less work on the day of preparation as it's the coring of the zucchini that takes up the most time.
- Mix the meats, onion, garlic, rice, parsley and zucchini in a bowl and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Stuff this mixture into the opening of the one end of each zucchini piece and make sure the filling goes all the way into the vegetable.
- Level opening neatly so that no filling comes out.
- Layer the filled zucchini pieces in a big pot and add enough boiling water to just cover.
- Put in the stock cubes and the butter and cover.
- Simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour (knife tip should slip into a piece easily), and take off heat.
- Carefully remove the zucchini pieces with a slotted spoon and place on a reheatable serving dish.
- Strain the cooking liquid left in the pot to remove any pieces of zucchini or grains of rice that may be floating around.
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs with the cornstarch and lemon juice (add the juice of 1 lemon at this point).
- Slowly ladle in (literally the thinnest of streams) your hot cooking liquid, whisking the eggs all the while so they don't curdle.
- Keep doing this till nearly all the cooking liquid has been used and then pour your egg mixture and any cooking liquid left back into the pot and heat on a low flame until the sauce has thickened.
- Taste, if it needs more lemon, add up to 1/2 more.
- This is what is called an'Avgolemono Sauce' (Egg-lemon Sauce)- it is delicious.
- When ready to serve, put 2-3 piping hot pieces of the stuffed zucchini on each plate and nap with the sauce.
- Serve with feta cheese on the side (you won't believe how good a nibble of feta tastes with each bite of this!), good, crusty bread (you want to get all the sauce), and wine.
GREEK STUFFED ZUCCHINI (HALAL)(KOLOKITHAKIA YEMISTA)(GLUTEN FREE
A good five stars with the sauce. This is DH's favorite meal and mine too right now. Modified from The Complete Middle East Cookbook by Tess Mallos (She is Greek). This is well worth the effort. Serve this dish with mashed potatoes or it tastes excellent served with Recipe #322603 used as a bed of rice for laying the zucchini on. Along with a fresh salad this will be a wonderful meal.
Provided by UmmBinat
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h30m
Yield 24 stuffed zucchini, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Wash zucchini and cut off stems and reserve them.
- Scoop out centers of zucchini with a small spoon or zucchini corer. (I use the opposite end of a spoon which may work better depending on the shape of your cutlery).
- Make corks from the reserved ends by trimming each.
- Rinse and set zucchini aside.
- Gently fry the onion in 1 tbs olive oil until soft.
- Mix onion into the meat with the rice, tomato paste, 2 tbs parsley, mint and cinnamon, bahrat, seasoning to taste with salt and pepper.
- Fill each zucchini with the meat mixture and cork closed.
- Place in layers in a pot, add chicken stock, the other 1 tbs olive oil and salt to taste.
- Invert a heavy plate on top of zucchini and cover tightly.
- Simmer gently for 1 1/2 hours.
- When cooked drain off stock carefully into a small pan.
- Reduce to 1 1/2 cups over heat and thicken with flour mixed to a paste with a little cold water.
- Let it boil for 1 minute.
- Beat egg whites in a bowl until stiff, add yolks and beat throughly, gradually beat in lemon juice, then boiling stock.
- Return sauce to the small pan and place over low heat stirring constantly until egg is cooked *** DO NOT BOIL ***.
- Arrange zucchini on warm serving dishes and spoon some sauce over them.
- Garnish with chopped remaining parsley and serve the rest of sauce in a jug.
- Serve this with mashed potatoes or Recipe #322603 used as a bed of rice and a fresh salad.
- Totally enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 508.9, Fat 24, SaturatedFat 8, Cholesterol 152.9, Sodium 300.9, Carbohydrate 44.3, Fiber 10.5, Sugar 16.5, Protein 36.5
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