Vegetarian Albanian Leek Casserole Tave Me Presh Recipes

VEGETARIAN ALBANIAN LEEK CASSEROLE (TAVE ME PRESH)

Steps:

• Wash and cut on a slant into 1-inch thick slices the whites and pale green of the leeks.
• Saute leeks in a little oil and place in a baking pan.
• Chop onions and mushrooms coarsely.
• Saute onion and mushrooms in remaining oil.
• Add broth powder, water, tomato sauce, red pepper, salt and pepper, and bring to a boil. If your mushrooms are not very watery, add a little more water and broth.
• Pour onion/mushroom mixture over the leeks.
• Bake for 45 minutes at 375 degrees.
• Serve hot.

BAKED LEEK CASSEROLE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 375*F (190*C).
• butter baking dish.
• place cooked, chopped leeks in bowl with beaten eggs, mix together, incorporate flour.
• add paprika, nutmeg and milk, season well, mix together with whisk.
• pour mixture into baking dish and bake for 40 minutes in oven.
• slice and serve.

ALBANIAN VEGETABLE CASSEROLE (GJELLE ME ZARZAVATA)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F
• Lay potatoes in the bottom of a greased baking dish.
• Combine tomatoes, carrots, celery, onions, garlic. parsley, salt and pepper, and mix well.
• Spread this mixture over the potatoes.
• Add the water.
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• Pour oil over vegetables.
• Bake 15 minutes more.

BAKED LAMB AND YOGURT (ALBANIAN NAME: TAVë KOSI)

Steps:

• Cooking Instructions:
• Cut meat in 4 serving pieces, sprinkle each piece with salt and pepper, and bake in a moderately-heated oven with half the butter, sprinkling the meat with its gravy now and then. When meat is half-baked, add rice; remove the baking pan from the oven and leave it aside while you prepare the yogurt sauce:.
• Sauté flour in butter until mixed thoroughly. Mix yogurt with salt, pepper and eggs until a uniform mixture is obtained, and finally stir in the flour. Put the sauce mixture in the baking pan; sauté it with the meat pieces and bake at 375 degrees F for about 45 minutes.
• Serve hot.