Tave Dheu Recipes

Steps:

• Firstly, brown the liver for a few minutes in olive oil, remove from the pan and set aside for later.
• Add the garlic into the remaining oil and saute for 2 minutes before adding the red peppers and tomatoes then continue to saute on a medium heat for 5 minutes.
• Add the flour while stirring continuously, then add in the feta and ricotta cheese. Continue stirring for a few minutes before adding the bay leaves, water and liver.
• This is the best time to season to taste with chilli flakes, salt and pepper - then leave to cook together for 5 minutes.
• Split the mixture into 4 clay dishes and cook on 200 degrees for 25 minutes.
• Serve the Albanian Tave Dheu while hot and bubbling.

Steps:

• Cut meat into 4 serving pieces. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Dot with 1/4 cup butter and bake at 350 degrees, basting now and then with pan juices, about 40 minutes, or until well browned.
• Stir rice into pan juices. Remove baking pan from oven and set aside while preparing yogurt sauce.
• Combine yogurt with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in eggs until smooth. Set aside.
• Melt remaining 1/2 cup butter and add flour. Saute until smooth. Add yogurt mixture and stir until smooth. Pour yogurt sauce in baking pan, stirring it with meat pieces, and bake at 375 degrees 45 minutes. Serve hot.

Steps:

• Wash and cut on a slant into 1-inch thick slices the whites and pale green of the leeks.
• Saute leeks in a little oil and place in a baking pan.
• Chop onions and mushrooms coarsely.
• Saute onion and mushrooms in remaining oil.
• Add broth powder, water, tomato sauce, red pepper, salt and pepper, and bring to a boil. If your mushrooms are not very watery, add a little more water and broth.
• Pour onion/mushroom mixture over the leeks.
• Bake for 45 minutes at 375 degrees.
• Serve hot.