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Tavë me Presh ska Mish Meatless Leek Bake

Tavë me Presh ska Mish Meatless Leek Bake

An Albania dinner. Ready in about 1 hour 37 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 3 people +

Changed from 4 to 3 people · Back to 4

Main ingredient

  • 5 oz rice Shopping tip: Long-grain white rice.

Fresh & other

  • 13 oz leek
  • 2 red bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 3 ¼ cups vegetable stock Shopping tip: Vegetable broth (carton or can), or a bouillon cube in hot water.

Sauces & oils

  • Splash olive oil
Spices & seasonings (6): paprika, oregano, parsley, basil, salt, pepper
  • ¾ tsp paprika
  • ¾ tsp oregano Shopping tip: Dried is fine.
  • ¾ tsp parsley
  • ¾ tsp basil Shopping tip: Dried basil is fine here.
  • Pinch salt
  • Pinch pepper

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

  1. Prepare the dish.

  2. Fry the leeks in a little dash of olive oil for some minutes until they start to brown.

  3. Prepare the Dish.

  4. Add paprika, pepper, salt, herbs, stock, garlic and the roasted red peppers.

  5. Give it a good stir.

  6. Add the rice.

  7. Stir again.

  8. Leave it to come to the boil.

  9. Leave to simmer for 2 minutes.

  10. Pour the mix in a baking tray using a depth of 2 inches or more.

  11. Mix well and ensure equally levelled out, cooking.

  12. Place on the bottom self of a heat the oven at 180 degrees.

  13. Leave to bake for 1 hour, serving.

  14. When cooked turn off the oven plus keeping the door open leave the leek cook in the oven to cool for 10 minutes before serving.

On the side: Green salad

A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.

How to make it (10 min)
  1. Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
  2. Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.

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Recipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.