Stuffed Peppers (Polneti Piperki)

Piperki polneti or stuffed peppers are also a very popular dish in Macedonia. Peppers are stuffed with ground meat with rice and spices then baked in the oven. 

Ingredients: 

• 9 wider peppers
• 400 g mixed minced meat
• 200 g of rice
• 1 teaspoon paprika 
• 1 onion
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons mixes spices
• 1 teaspoon dried or fresh parsley 
• 4 cups of water 
• oil

Preparation: 

1.  First, cook the chopped onion, add meat, salt and spices and cook for ten minutes. Add rice and paprika in the end. 
2. Fill the peppers with the prepared mixture. Use a teaspoon for filling. You can close the peppers with pieces of tomato or potato.
3. Put peppers in a pan, add the water so the peppers are more than half covered with water, add some oil on top and put them in a heated oven to bake on 250 C. 
4. Add a mixture of some flour and tomato sauce or ketchup between and on peppers for better taste. Leave them to bake until roasted well.
   

Enjoy!