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Challenge 54: Peppers - Mediterranean stuffed peppers
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018 08:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
norfolkian
Peppers are one of my favourite things to cook with. They are so versatile. When I was thinking of what to cook for this challenge, I suddenly remembered this amazing dish I ate in Greece, called Gemista or Yemista, which are peppers stuffed with rice. Here is a picture of the ones I had in Greece.
I decided to try and recreate them at home, and I largely used this recipe from Rick Stein, but scaled it down and only did peppers rather than all the other veg as well. I neglected to remove the foil and continue cooking mine for 15-30 mins, which meant they weren't wholly successful, but they were ok. I left out the chilli flakes, but added capers to mine. I also found I needed a lot more liquid when cooking the rice than it suggests in the recipe. I also think it would have helped if the oven was a higher temperature. Oh, well. You live and learn.
Next time, I will try and do a version that has a tomato sauce with it as well, like the ones I had in Greece.
(There was definitely better lighting in Greece as well - provided by the sunshine!)
I decided to try and recreate them at home, and I largely used this recipe from Rick Stein, but scaled it down and only did peppers rather than all the other veg as well. I neglected to remove the foil and continue cooking mine for 15-30 mins, which meant they weren't wholly successful, but they were ok. I left out the chilli flakes, but added capers to mine. I also found I needed a lot more liquid when cooking the rice than it suggests in the recipe. I also think it would have helped if the oven was a higher temperature. Oh, well. You live and learn.
Next time, I will try and do a version that has a tomato sauce with it as well, like the ones I had in Greece.
(There was definitely better lighting in Greece as well - provided by the sunshine!)