Greek stuffed tomatoes. How to Make the Best Greek Stuffed Tomatoes- Gemista. The rice is cooked until it is very soft not al dente and so are the vegetables. My mom says that if the gemista look too pretty they probably won't.
Find out how to bake them to perfection with this locally sourced recipe and secret hints and tips!
I know I have been on a bender of comfort food this week, and I figured I shouldn't stop now!!
Only, we are going to get a little more creative and go for Greek.
You can have Greek stuffed tomatoes using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Greek stuffed tomatoes
- Prepare 10 of big tomatoes.
- It's 15 tbsp of white simple rice.
- It's 1 of big onion.
- You need 1 3/4 cup of olive oil.
- Prepare 50 grams of persley.
- Prepare 1 pinch of fresh basilicum.
- You need 1/4 cup of blqck raisins.
- Prepare 1 cup of tomato juice (from our tomatoes).
- You need 1 of salt.
- You need 1 of pepper.
- Prepare 1 of (fresh) oregano.
- It's 1 pinch of sugar.
- It's 10 small of potatoes.
Stuff the vegetables evenly with this mixture. Replace tops of tomatoes and peppers. Her Greek meals far surpass those I have had elsewhere, so anytime I post a Greek recipe, it is always based off of her original. My spin on these vegan stuffed peppers and tomatoes, is the added kale.
Greek stuffed tomatoes step by step
- Cut the "cup" of the tomatoes and "clean" the inside, make them empty. The inside put it in a mixer to make the tomato juice that we will use later..
- In a pan put the half of the oil, the chopped onion, the persley, the basilicul, the raisins,and after 2min the rice..
- After 5 min add the tomato juice, salt, pepper, oregano and a bit of sugar..
- Leave the rice to cook for a while (about 10-15min) the rice has to be ALMOST ready..
- Put the mix in the tomatos and then the filled tomatoes into an oven dish. Preheat the oven in 180°F..
- In the oven dish also add the potatos (as side dish), add the olive oil and cover the oven dish with alumminum foil and put in the oven. It needs about 1 hour or more..
- TIPS: 1. the tomatoes has to be hard and bid ones. 2.if the mix has many liquids add some bread crumbs. 3. in the oven dish DO NOT add water cause the tomatoes will have more.
- Cook it half of the time cpver and half uncover!.
Fresh ripe tomatoes and bell peppers are loaded with ground beef and seasoned rice for a crowd-pleasing meal. All Reviews for Greek Stuffed Tomatoes and Peppers (Yemista). Greek Gemista brings big juicy tomatoes together with a healthy, vegetarian mixture of rice and summer produce, creating a perfect summer dish. Gemista is the Greek recipe for stuffed tomatoes and other vegetables. It is one of the most popular vegetarian dishes in the summer.