Crete tourist guide

Components

• 2 big red peppers
• 2 tomatoes (optional spare)
• 2 table spoons of pine nuts
• olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1 large onion finely chopped
• 100 g rice for risotto
• 1 teaspoon of dried mountain oregano
• 1 fresh chilli pepper, finely chopped, devoid of seeds
• sea ​​salt
  
• freshly ground pepper
• 200 g of Greek feta
• finely chopped bunch of fresh parsley
• finely chopped small bunch of fresh mint (only leaves)
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 500 ml vegetable broth
• quite deep heat-resistant vessel, aluminum foil

1. We start with the preparation of peppers. Cut them along without cutting off the stalks and remove the seed seats. Halves of the peppers should be placed quite tightly in a casserole with the cut side up.

2. Peanuts should be put on a small pan and irrigated with stirring once in a while, so that they do not burn. The nuts must clearly turn brown and become crunchy.

3. On a large pan, warm up 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil and throw chopped onion and garlic, which fry until softened, making sure that they do not start to brown. Then pour the rice into the pan, chopped chili peppers, season with oregano, salt and pepper. Mix everything, pour half of the prepared portion of broth and cook for about 8-10 minutes, systematically stirring so that the rice does not start sticking to the bottom. After this time, the stuffing pan should be removed from the heat and add the rest of ingredients: crumbled feta, browned pine nuts and chopped herbs. All ingredients must be mixed thoroughly.

4. Fill the halves of the peppers to the brim with prepared filling. Do not apply more stuffing, because rice will still increase its volume. If we get some stuffing, we can fill it with tomatoes. In tomatoes, cut off the upper part and delicately using a teaspoon, hollow them from the pulp.

5. After applying the filling, pour the halves of peppers and tomatoes with olive oil. This can not be omitted because the stuffing after baking will be too dry. Tomatoes are covered with cut tops.

6. In a separate container for the remaining vegetable broth, add a tablespoon of tomato puree, mix thoroughly and pour into the bottom of a casserole, in which the peppers and / or tomatoes lie.

7. The dish must be tightly covered with aluminum foil and then placed in the oven preheated to 200 ° C for 75 minutes. After baking, we serve hot vegetables preferably accompanied by a glass of white wine.