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Greek meat: some interesting recipes

Have you ever had to cook meat in Greek? If not, you have lost a lot. It's time to fix this annoying mistake. We offer several options for meat dishes of Greek cuisine. We wish you culinary success!

Greek cuisine meat

Greek cuisine: meat with vegetables in a pot

Essential Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp. l butter;
  • 120 g bacon;
  • 3 medium onions;
  • 0.6 kg of beef;
  • two eggplants;
  • 3 carrots;
  • ¼ tsp ground black pepper;
  • breadcrumbs for breading - 3 tbsp. l .;
  • 6 potatoes;
  • celery root - 3-4 pcs.

Cooking:

  1. Peel and rinse the potatoes. Sent to a pot of water. Boil, setting medium heat. Make mashed potatoes.
  2. Beef in running water. Cut into large pieces. Pass through a meat grinder.
  3. We wash all vegetables except eggplant and cut into halves. Grind with a meat grinder.
  4. Eggplant just need to scald with boiling water. This will quickly remove the skin. Cut the pulp into cubes.
  5. What to do with bacon? Grind it into cubes.
  6. We take ceramic pots (3-4 pcs.). We grease the bottom of each of them with oil. Then put the cooled mashed potatoes. The next layer is chopped meat and vegetables. Sprinkle diced bacon, eggplant and breadcrumbs on top. Put a piece of oil in each pot.
  7. Preheat the oven. We send pots of contents to it. The dish should be stewed at medium temperature.

Greek meat "Kleftiko"

Not everyone knows what the name of this dish means.

Kleftiko Greek Meat

We are ready to share information. “Kleftiko” is translated into Russian only as “partisan” or “stolen meat”. History dates back to ancient times. Earlier in Greece, meat was often stolen, wrapped in a paper parcel. The tidbit was hidden by digging shallow in the ground. A bonfire was made at this place. The result was a tasty and satisfying dish.

Grocery set:

  • 1 tbsp. l wine vinegar;
  • lamb drumsticks - 6 pcs.;
  • 2 onions;
  • 1 tsp honey (any grade);
  • spices (zira, salt, pepper);
  • 3 tomatoes;
  • 2 tsp dried oregano;
  • olive oil - 6 tbsp. l .;
  • grains crushed with a knife - half a tsp.

Cooking Instructions

Step No. 1. Wash the lamb shanks with tap water. We dry them on a paper napkin. On each drumstick we make transverse incisions (after 1-2 cm).

Step number 2. We begin to prepare the marinade. In a bowl, mix oregano, spices, grains, as well as the above amount of wine vinegar and olive oil.

Step number 3. Rub the resulting mass into each piece of meat.

Step No. 4. On a cut square of foil, put a sheet of baking paper. The first layer will be chopped onion rings. On top of it we have lamb shanks. The last layer is tomatoes.

Step No. 5. Carefully wrap all these ingredients first in paper, then in foil.

Greek Meat Recipe

Step No. 6. Preheat the oven to 250 ° C. We put in it meat with vegetables. After 10 minutes, the temperature must be reduced to 130 ° C. We notice 1.5 hours. During this time, lamb will become soft and saturated with aromas of spices and herbs. Ready meals are served hot. A great addition to it will be sprigs of greens, lemon wedges and Tzatziki sauce.

We got the juicy and flavorful meat in Greek. The recipe is suitable for both beginners and experienced hostesses. They do not need to spend a lot of time and products. And this is a definite plus.

Greek meat

Multicooker Recipe

Grocery list:

  • 400 ml of dry white wine;
  • 165 g carrots;
  • garlic - 6 cloves;
  • 630 g of veal (preferably fillet);
  • 165 g of onion;
  • spices (pepper, salt, hops-suneli).

The practical part:

  1. We spread everything on the table from which the meat will be cooked in Greek.
  2. We wash the veal. Put on a paper towel to excess glass liquid. Cut the pulp into cubes (2-2.5 cm).
  3. Peel and rinse the carrots and onions. Grind into cubes (1 cm).
  4. We clean the head of garlic. We need only 6 cloves. Each of them is cut in half.
  5. The above ingredients are sent to the multicooker bowl. Solim. Sprinkle with spices. Mix.
  6. We start the "Extinguishing" mode. We set the timer for 60 minutes. The cover should be closed.
  7. When the meat is cooked in Greek, transfer it to a deep plate. Serve to the table, decorating with chopped herbs. As a side dish, boiled pasta or mashed potatoes are suitable for meat . Enjoy your meal!

Finally

We talked about how to cook meat in Greek in the oven and slow cooker using various ingredients. We hope that some of the proposed recipes you liked.

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