Baked Leeks

Baked leeks (Tavë me presh) is an Albanian recipe.

Ingredients

  • 2 lb (900 g) leeks
  • ½ cup oil
  • ¾ cup chopped onion
  • ½ lb (225 g) ground meat
  • 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
  • Mild red pepper
  • Salt
  • Pepper
Baked Leeks

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Procedure

  1. Cut off the green leaves from leeks. Wash and cut leeks diagonally into 1-inch thick slices.
  2. Sauté in a little oil and place in a baking pan.
  3. Sauté onion and ground meat in remaining oil.
  4. Add beef stock, tomato sauce, red pepper, salt and pepper, and bring to a boil.
  5. Pour meat mixture over the sautéed leeks.
  6. Bake for 1 hour at 375°F (190°C).
  7. Serve hot.

References

This article contains information from Frosina.org and it is used with permission.