Gemista

Name: Gemista
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 4 large tomatoes; 4 capsicums; 300g long-grain rice, uncooked; 1 large handful flat-leaf parsley; 1 large handful mint; 1 large onion, grated; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp sugar; salt and pepper to taste; extra olive oil to pour over

Greek tomatoes and capsicums stuffed with herbed rice and slow-baked in olive oil. Mixing the scooped-out tomato pulp back into the rice filling is what keeps it moist through the long, slow bake.

Total time

105 min

Prep

25 min

Cook

80 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Greek

veganvegetarian

Ingredients

4large tomatoes

4capsicums

300glong-grain rice, uncooked

1 large handfulflat-leaf parsley

1 large handfulmint

1large onion, grated

3 tbspolive oil

1 tspsugar

salt and pepperto taste

extra olive oilto pour over

Instructions

Slice tops off tomatoes and capsicums, reserve lids. Scoop out tomato flesh and roughly chop.

Mix rice with tomato flesh, herbs, onion, oil, sugar and seasoning.

Fill vegetables three quarters full (rice will expand).

Replace lids, pack into a baking dish.

Drizzle generously with olive oil. Bake covered at 180°C for 1 hour, then uncovered 20 minutes.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

267

Protein

4.9g

Fat

11.1g

Carbs

37.5g

Fiber

5.3g

Sodium

17mg

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