Oven Stuffed vegetables with meat and rice filling (Yemista)

Yemista 

Ingredients 

A tray full of large ripe tomatoes zucchinis peppers potatoes and egg plant cored and keep tops and chop up the inside of the tomatoes,the egg plant and zucchinis and potatoes

Remove and chop with the onions and garlic and put it in with the rest of ingredients below 

3-4 onions diced

3 cloves garlic

Half handful fresh parsley chopped

Half cup olive oil

500grams each of beef and pork mince

11/2 cups of short grain rice 

Salt and pepper to taste 

2 tablespoon tomatoe paste mixed into 1 cup of water

1 can of diced tomatoes 

Method

I sauté the onion and garlic then fry the mince until just changed colour turn off the heat and mix in all other ingredients and stuff the tomatoes and the rest of the. Vegetables but before you place the tops on each tomato add a drizzle of olive oil onto each one and put the leftover stuffing around the stuffed vegetables then cover tray with foil bake in oven for approx 1-1and a 1/2 hours until rice is cooked then uncover vegetables and bake till golden and enjoy

Stifato Beef stew with caramelised onions

Ingredients 

1kg of Beef,  ( can use lamb or octopus )

1kg of onions for the stew

1 can of crushed tomatoes 

2 cloves of garlic

2 tbs of tomato paste

1/2 cup of wine vinegar

1/2 cup of red dry wine

1/4 cup of Brandy

2 Tbs of powder chicken stock

1 cup or so water

1cup of olive oil

1/2 tsp of Allspice 

1/2 tsp of cinnamon

2 bay leaves

Salt and freshly grounded black pepper  

Method 

Cut the meat into portions. Heat the oil in a saucepan and add meat in small amounts to brown and to prevent the temperature drops of oil and instead of browns it will boil. Each piece browned, remove to a platter and continue with the next. After we finish with all the meat, keep it covered in platter. Slice or cross cut whole onions and garlic and put them in the same oil browned meat. On medium heat let them wither without browned, about 15 until caramelised. Then add the tomato paste and let get it fry with the onions and garlic to let all the flavour out then add the brandy, wine and vinegar and the can tomatoes.