Onions Stuffed with Ground Meat and Pine Nuts

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Foods of the Greek Islands

By Aglaia Kremezi

Published 2000

  • About

THIS RECIPE comes from Lesbos, where it is also called sogania, from the Turkish word sogan (onion). Many cooks halve the onions crosswise and, after blanching them for a few minutes, take out most of the inner part, creating little cups that they fill with the stuffing. After numerous tries, I decided to separate the onion layers and roll them around the stuffing. The result is a nicer-looking dish, which also tastes better because the stuffing takes on more flavor and stays