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A tasty dish that can be cooked either on the stove or in the oven. The minced meat and beans are cooked in a rich tomato sauce.
Name - Recipe
Φασόλια με κιμά.
½ kg of beans
½ kg of minced meat
1 onion, chopped
40ml oil
1 tomato juice
Parsley, chopped
2 glasses of water
A pinch of cinnamon
A pinch of salt
A pinch of pepper
In a pot, add the beans and water and boil them until they are half cooked. In a pan, add the oil and sauté the onion. Add the minced meat, salt, pepper, cinnamon and cook. Add the parsley. Add the tomato juice, the water and the beans and simmer to reduce the sauce. Alternatively, transfer all the ingredients in an ovenproof dish and bake them in the oven. Serve with fresh salad. (Ourania Christodoulou, 72 years old, Kyperounda)
Sauté.
Boiling.
Simmering.
Baking in the oven.
Additional information and bibliography
Oral testimony: Ourania Christodoulou, 72 years old, Kyperounda (see Kourri, P. and Lazarou, S. (eds.) (2007). Traditional recipes of the village of Kyperounda, unpublished data).
Stalo Lazarou
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