Monday, March 8, 2010

Vizier Kabob



Ingredients(20-25 servings):

· 4 big onions – finely chopped
· 1 green bell pepper - diced
· 2 red bell peppers - diced
· 8 garlic cloves – finely chopped
· 5 tomatoes - diced
· few tomatoes - sliced to put on top to decorate
· 2 lb eggplants – peeled and cut into an inch square cubes
· 2 lb Italian zucchini – peeled and cut into an inch square cubes
· 5 lb ground beef
· ½ lb bread crumbs
· 4 eggs
· 1 cup milk
· salt and black pepper


Directions:

Meatballs:
1. Mix bread crumbs, 3 eggs, 2 tsp black pepper and salt to ground beef.
2. Knead it well.
3. Make small tiny meat balls in the size of a hazelnut.

Vegetables:
1. Preheat oven to 400 F degrees.
2. Fry zucchini and eggplants in a deep frying pan. Set them aside in the bottom of a baking dish. The dish should be big enough to contain all of the ingredients.
3. Put some olive oil in a separate cooking pot. Add garlic and onions. Fry a bit.
4. Add bell peppers. Cook for a while.
5. Repeat step 3 for meatballs and tomatoes.
6. Add salt and pepper as needed.
7. Put meat ball and vegetable mixture on top of zucchini and eggplants.
8. Beat 1 egg and mix it with milk. Pour this mixture onto the dish.
9. Decorate the baking dish with sliced tomato on the top and with some Italian parsley.
10. Bake in the oven.

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Tantuni



Ingredients:

  • lavash bread
  • 5 lb small beef cubes
  • 2 red bell peppers
  • 1 green bell pepper
  • 1/2 lb mushrooms
  • 1 tbsp pepper paste
  • 3 small tomatoes - chopped
  • 1/2 big onion - finely chopped
  • 3-4 garlic cloves
  • 1 bunch dill - chopped
  • 1 bunch italian parsley - chopped
  • Salt and pepper
  • 6 large potatoes

Directions:

  1. Boil meat in water, strain and then add oil.
  2. Add veggies except parsley, dill and potatoes to the meat and cook till the liquid is absorbed.
  3. Add pepper paste and continue cooking. Season with salt and pepper. Add parsley and dill last.
  4. Make french fries from potatoes.
  5. To serve, put meat and veggies and french fries inside lavash bread, wrap like a burrito or a wrap. Wrap with foil at one edge.
Enjoy!