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

Ingredients

• 2 lbs (900 g) leeks
• 1/2 cup oil
• 3/4 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 lb (225 g) ground meat
• 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
• mild red pepper
• salt
• pepper

Procedure

1. Cut off the green leaves from leeks. Wash and cut leeks diagonally into 1-inch thick slices.
2. Saute in a little oil and place in a baking pan.
3. Saute 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.

Serves 4.

References

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