CROATIAN STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS ("PUNJENA PAPRIKA")

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Croatian Stuffed Green Peppers (

This is in fact Turkish heritage in Croatian gastronomy. We use mixed pork and beef meat. This is the recipe I use and the difference is that I roast peppers before putting them into sauce.

Provided by nitko

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 1h50m

Yield 6 portions, 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1500 g green peppers (8 to 10 pieces)
250 g beef (grounded)
250 g pork (grounded)
30 g lard
10 g onions
50 g rice
1 egg
500 g tomato juice (strained tomato juice)
40 g lard
40 g flour (all purpose)
20 g sugar
100 g sour cream (optional)

Steps:

  • Wash green peppers and cut the stem part to open a hole and to remove seeds part.
  • Sauté finely minced onion on lard. When transparent remove from heat and add grounded beef and pork.
  • Cook rice until half done and add into meat. Also add 1 whole egg, salt and pepper. Mix well into a compact stuffing.
  • Stuff each green pepper with stuffing until full (Surplus of stuffing use as meat balls to cook with peppers).
  • In a pot melt lard and sauté flour until brownish. Add tomato strained juice, salt and sugar. Add water if needed.
  • Roast each green pepper in a frying pan on some oil making sure they don't over burn. Put each peppers into a sauce and cook 60 minutes. At the end you can add sour cream.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 423.3, Fat 23.4, SaturatedFat 9, Cholesterol 86.2, Sodium 269.2, Carbohydrate 36.7, Fiber 5, Sugar 12.4, Protein 17.8

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