Speca të Mbushura
Albanian Stuffed Peppers are a popular dish in the household; you can eat them hot, warm, or cold, so they're ideal to prepare ahead of time and freeze. Ground beef, onions, herbs, and a small amount of tomato sauce made from tomato puree are stuffed into these simple stuffed peppers. In Albania, peppers are known as'speca' and are cultivated in abundance. Guernica peppers are the most common variety farmed, and they're great for stuffing and roasting, but they can turn casseroles sour if cooked for too long.
Ingredients:
4 roast peppers of various colors (red, green, orange),250 g minced beef,1 small leek,1 / 2 cebolla,1/2 zucchini,5 tablespoons of tomato sauce,A package of cheese to gratinate,A glass of white wine,Oil, salt and pepper
Instructions:
- Prepare a baking dish, and put two tablespoons of fried tomato on the base. Wash the peppers, remove the top lid and empty them of seeds. Put them on the tomato and leave them reserved.
- Prepare the filling. Chop the leek, onion and zucchini, and fry all with a tablespoon of oil in a pan over low heat.
- When everything is poached, add the minced meat seasoned and sauté with everything. Notice that the meat is almost done and add the glass of white wine and let the wine reduce for about 8-10 minutes. Next and once the wine has evaporated, add the three tablespoons of fried tomato and mix everything well. Add some gratin cheese to the mixture, and remove from the heat.
- Fill each of the peppers with the minced meat sauce and put a little cheese on top to gratin. Put them to bake for about 40 minutes, notice that the pepper has been done correctly at 180 degrees.
