GEMISTA - perfect Sunday family lunch idea

Μy Gemista

Hey guys! It’s been a while since i wrote-but only ’cause it was august-the month of craziness!And i hope you all had a blast on your vacation..!

I am a summer person but telling you the truth-i am pretty excited that we are going back to school!My son is starting 1 st grade of elementary school-and you know what that means-excitement,anxiety,all the emotions mixed together..It’s pretty intense..

For the last weekend before the school starts i decided to make GEMISTA.It is summer food that almost everyone love,my son started loving it too (Thanks God:)

Let’s start!

For this version of GEMISTA i used minced meat as well.Most of the people love this dish strictly vegeterian- but let’s explore this style .

Ingredients:

400 gr minced beef meat
300 gr of rice
1 onion chopped
1 piece of garlic minced
salt
pepper
oregano
parsley
mint
cinnamon
nutmeg
a bit of butter
5 big green peppers
5 big green tomatoes
2 potatos
olive oil
white wine

How to ?

Wash the tomatoes and the peppers and set aside.Chop your onion,mint,parsley and garlic and set aside.
In a heated pan put your minced meat and crush it to small pieces.Add garlic, onion, mint,parsley,salt , pepper and olive oil and mix.
Empty your tomatoes and peppers with the spoon for gemista.Leave one third of the tomato juice for later on-to sprinkle over them when ready to go in oven.Remained juice from emptied tomatoes -add to your meat mix.
Add a bit of sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.Add a bit of butter and a bit of white wine.
Add rice and one glass of water.Mix it well and lower the heat.
Pre-heat the oven on 180 degrees.
After 10 minutes-take off your meat mix and fill your gemista.Close them and sprinkle the rest of the tomato juice , olive oil and a bit of salt more.Add some bread crusts over them just to have that crispy vibe later on.
Close it with aluminium paper and bake it for 1 hour in the over.
10 minutes before ready-take of the paper and bake them so they have this crusty taste.