Macedonian-Style Vegetable and Meat Stew {Turli Tava} and a Giveaway!
Oct 03, 2011, Updated Mar 08, 2022
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HI!!! *waving*
I’M BACK!!!
It’s been a while, I know. When I take a vacation I forget to come back. 😉 BUT, I only take a vacation once a year, so not to worry, it will be a while before I leave again.
By the way, I am soooo jet lagged. There’s a 7 hour time difference and now I go to bed at 7 p.m. and I wake up at 4 a.m… this needs to change… It always takes me at least a week.
But, while I was away visiting my beautiful country, Macedonia, I picked up a little something for you!
An authentic, Macedonian hand-made baking clay dish! Do you love it? I hope so! 🙂
Many of Macedonia’s national dishes are cooked in clay pots, so I immediately ran to one of the oldest bazaars in Macedonia located in the capital of Skopje and bought one for you…errrr….for one of you!
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And now here’s a popular Macedonian dish, Turli Tava (mixed pot), that is cooked in a clay dish (can be done in any other casserole dish), and it is people’s most favorite in the summer and fall. It’s also very delicious.
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Vegetable and Meat Stew – Turli Tava
Ingredients
- 1 pound of mixed meat – pork and beef – cut in chunks for stew
- Sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 medium onion, peeled and roughly chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 medium potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 medium carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 medium eggplant, stem removed and roughly chopped
- 2 red or green bell peppers, stems and seeds removed, roughly chopped
- 1 large tomato, roughly chopped
- 1 1/2 cups of okra, tops and tails cut off, blanched in salted water for 1 minute, rinsed and drained (if unavailable replace with green beans)
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup water
- Parsley, roughly chopped to garnish
Instructions
- Season beef and pork with salt and pepper and set inside the clay dish.
- Mix in the vegetables.
- Season with paprika, salt, and pepper.
- Add in the olive oil and water; mix well.
- Put it in the oven; turn oven to 350˚F, and cook it uncovered for 1 hour and 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Garnish with parsley.
- Let cool for 10 to 15 minutes then serve it warm with crusty bread.
Nutrition
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.
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Welcome back!! I absolutely love that clay pot! I’ve long wanted a clay pot for cooking and this would be perfect! So sweet of you to bring something back to give away! ๐
Welcome back! We took our first family vacation since our daughter was born 3 years ago. We went to Yellowstone this past June. It was a blast!
And you’ve been stumbled. ๐ Welcome home!
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Welcome back Kate! I hope you had an amazing vacation!!! And I hope that the jet lag goes away quickly. ๐ This stew looks delicious and the clay pot makes it all the more drool-worthy. Let’s see, our last vacation…easy one. Maine. ๐
I’m so glad you’re back! It sounds like you had a great time. You are so sweet to bring something back for your fans. I’m a FB fan and now following you on twitter! Welcome back.
I’d love to have the Macedonia clay dish so that I could put my veggies in too. On my last trip I went to Mombasa in Kenya such a beautiful place loved the sunny beaches ๐ I tweeted about this.
PS4: And I just tweeted about it ๐
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