Recipe and source notes

Tirana Fërgesë with Peppers

4 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • ½ lb green or red bell peppers
  • 1 lb red tomatoes
  • ½ lb salted cottage cheese or Greek feta cheese
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • ¼ lb (1 stick) butter
  • 3 tablespoons virgin olive oil
  • Salt to taste
  • Black pepper to taste
  • Chili pepper to taste

Make it step by step

  1. Peel the skin off the tomatoes and peppers. Sauté them with the olive oil in a saucepan for 5–7 minutes. Set them aside to cool for 15 minutes.
  2. Chop the tomatoes and peppers the way you like.
  3. In another saucepan, melt the butter. Add flour, cottage cheese, and black pepper, salt, and chili pepper to taste. Mix all the ingredients together well, then stir into the vegetable mixture.
  4. Bake vegetable mixture in a preheated 350°F (175°C) oven for 15 minutes.
  5. Remove from oven and serve immediately.

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Recipe source

Adapted from Wikibooks Cookbook by Wikibooks contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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