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Speca të Mbushura

Name: Speca të Mbushura
Total time: 80 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Albania
Ingredients: 8 Green Bell Pepper; 300g Ground Beef; 80g Rice; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 1 tbsp Tomato paste; 1 tsp Dried mint; A pinch Parsley; 3 tbsp Olive oil; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 200ml Water; To taste Plain yogurt

Main Dish

⏱ 80 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Peppers stuffed with rice and ground meat and baked in tomato sauce — an Albanian summer home dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Speca të mbushura means 'stuffed peppers.' Peppers, abundant in summer, are filled with ground meat, rice, tomato, and mint and baked in the oven or simmered in a pot. There's also a meatless version with just rice and cheese, and it's eaten with yogurt.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In an Albanian yard in summer, a tray packed with peppers comes out of the oven and is carried to the table with a bowl of yogurt.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Green Bell Pepper 8
Ground Beef 300g
Rice 80g
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Tomato paste 1 tbsp
Dried mint 1 tsp
Parsley A pinch
Olive oil 3 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Water 200ml
Plain yogurt To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the tops off the peppers and remove the seeds (keep the tops as lids).
Sauté the chopped onion and ground meat in olive oil and mix with the rinsed rice, 1 chopped tomato, mint, parsley, salt, and pepper.
Fill the peppers 80% full, cap with the tops, and stand them in an ovenproof dish.
Mix the tomato paste and 1 chopped tomato with water, pour in, and drizzle with oil.
Cover with foil and bake at 180°C for 40 minutes, then uncover and bake 15 more; serve with yogurt.

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