Tomatoes and Peppers Stuffed with Trahana

Gemista me Trahana

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6-8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Foods of Greece

By Aglaia Kremezi

Published 1993

  • About

When Greeks make stuffed vegetables, they very rarely prepare just one kind. By mixing together stuffed tomatoes, peppers, or eggplants, we create a more interesting dish. When serving, we can ask our guests which vegetable they prefer, or if the vegetables are large, we can serve half of each.

Rice has replaced cracked wheat as the main ingredient in most stuffings today, but one of my favorite stuffed vegetable dishes is an unusual recipe from Crete that contains sour trahana</