Croatian Stuffed Green Peppers (?punjena Paprika?)

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Croatian Stuffed Green Peppers (?punjena Paprika?)

Description

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.

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :30 Min

Cook Time : 1 Hr 20 Min

Total Time : 1 Hr 50 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 6
  • 1500 green peppers


  • 250 beef


  • 250 pork


  • 30g lard


  • 10 onions


  • 50 rice


  • 1 egg


  • 500 tomato juice


  • 40g lard


  • 40 flour


  • 20 sugar


  • 100 sour cream

Directions

  • 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.
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