Monday, November 20, 2006

Stuffed Paprika


Description:
A recipe from Keurslager (a chain butcher in The Netherlands) that has been a success ever since I made it for the first time. Easy, quick and - most importantly - loved by my kids. If served with (white) rice; pour and mix a bit from the cooking juice into the rice for a thorough taste. Fresh green salad is also a good companiment.

Ingredients:
2 big paprika (1 red and 1 yellow)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
250 g minced beef
75 g feta cheese
1/2 pack of minced meat spice*
salt and freshly milled pepper
8 slices bacon

*) I usually use the readily-mixed one from Silvo, which is made of nutmeg, curry, paprika powder, coriander seed, cayenne pepper, etc.

Materials:
Oven dish
Bowl

Directions:
1. Halve the paprika in length and remove the seeds and their threads. Smear the outer side of the paprika with oil. Smear a flat oven dish, that fits all the halved paprika, with oil. Warm the oven up to 200 Centigrade.

2. Put together in a bowl: the minced beef with crumbled feta, the spice and some salt and pepper in a bowl and mix well. Distribute the minced meat into the halved paprika and put them in the oven dish. Lay 2 slices of bacon on top of each stuffed paprika.

3. Set the dish for 30 minutes in the preheated oven and cover with a layer of aluminium foil when the bacon is coloured too fast. Serve warm with mashed potatoes, french fries, rice, pasta or bread. Salad is a perfect side dish.

Notes:
I don't have a real oven, so what I do is usually cook the whole dish (without the bacon strips) in microwave, to make sure the center part of the minced meat is also well-cooked. Then I put the dish, this time topped with bacon strips, under my old oven grill to get the crunchiness out of the bacon.

13 comments:

  1. will this be a special meal of my next Amsterdam visit? :D

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  2. Is this question a secret announcement that a certain person is going to visit Amsterdam very soon? :D

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  3. fotonya bagus banget euy!
    gw contek juga yaks

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  4. silakeun :D
    itu fotonya ngambil dari website-nya si keurslager.. heheh

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  5. Nyontek juga ahhh... :) Eh, anak2mu suka paprika, mbak? Hebaaat...! Seandainya aku bikin nanti, bakalan yg doyan cuma ortunya, anak2 paling makan stuffingnya.. heheh...

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  6. Dhanu sempet mengalami masa pilih2, tapi sekarang dia malah getol nyari2 sayuran, sejak di kelasnya diajarin tentang makanan sehat (aku sampe terima kasih khusus ke gurunya :D). Utk makanan yg ini, Dhanu paling suka kemeripik baconnya, sampe suka 'lupa' makan yg lainnya :P

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  7. please excuse some typo, ven, kalo ikutan ke-print.. hihi..

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  8. Hi Tita,

    instead of bacon slices, can I substitute your recipe with turkey ham or beef bacon? Btw I love all your recipes! If you are interested shall we trade recipes? I also like to cook and looks like we have some things in common...

    Rizby.

    Btw,if you're wondering who I am, I'm a friend of the other Tita living in Delft. Am visiting her now - Delft is lovely! So quaint and picturesque....

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  9. Hello Rizby,

    Sure you can. I modify recipes all the time :)
    Please tell Tita I might drop by again this Thursday around 10:30 if it's allright with her. I've got some winter stuff for Sadia.

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  10. Titaaaa.... selera kita selalu sama.... gua jadi ngiler edan, tapi gua lagi diet ketat..... aaaaarrrrgh....
    ini enak banget pasti udah kebayang.... kekekekke

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  11. aaah...di rumah masih ada 2 paprika sisa masak kemaren...bikin ah nanti malem :D

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  12. haha.. no, i wish it were!....but i do plan to go to europe, stopping by in amsterdam would be of consideration if this stuffy stuff is included in the package :p

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