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		"Gemista" Tomatoes stuffed with minced meat and rice (This recipe can also be done with peppers) Ingredients
		12 ripe tomatoes ½ kilo (1 lb 2 oz) minced meat 2 teacups rice 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 2 chopped onions 1 teaspoon chopped mint 1 ½ teacups olive oil Salt and Pepper

Instructions

First wash the tomatoes Then cut a thin round slice off the top, stem end of each one with a sharp knife and keep them aside.
Scoop most of the tomato pulp out, with a teaspoon, and shred it finely.
Then prepare the stuffing with the following way :
Heat the oil in a cooking pan and saute the onions in it, until the look brown. Add the minced meat and let it saute for 10 minutes, stirring with a spoon all the time. Add the tomato pulp, the parsley, salt, pepper, the mint and some water and let them boil for approximately one hour.
Then wash and strained the rice Add the rice and continue boiling for another 10 minutes. Fill the tomatoes, which you have arranged in a Pyrex dish or baking pan, with the prepared stuffing.
Pour some tomato juice in the pan/dish and fill the gaps between the stuffed tomatoes with potatoes’ slices Bake it in a medium oven for approximately 40-45 minutes Note: when you fill the tomatoes, be careful not to overfill them
The above recipe is for 5-6 servings

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