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Selsko meso recipe

Pork and mushrooms baked in an individual clay pot with smoked meat, tiny meatballs, wine and a cap of melted kashkaval.

Selsko meso, North Macedonia

1 hour and 35 minutesmedium12 ingredients

Ingredients

How to make Selsko meso

  1. Mix 200 g ground beef with 1 grated onion, salt and pepper, roll into marble-sized meatballs and brown them in a little oil.
  2. Cut 500 g pork shoulder into 2 cm cubes and fry them in 3 tbsp sunflower oil until well browned, about 10 minutes.
  3. Add 2 chopped onions, cook until golden, then stir in 150 g diced smoked ham.
  4. Add 300 g sliced mushrooms and cook until their water has evaporated, about 8 minutes; take the pan off the heat and stir in 1 tsp paprika so it does not burn.
  5. Add 300 g chopped tomatoes and the meatballs, season with salt and pepper.
  6. Whisk 1 tbsp flour into 200 ml water and pour it in with 200 ml white wine to bind the sauce.
  7. Divide everything between individual clay pots (gjuveche) and bake at 200 °C for 40 minutes.
  8. Ten minutes before the end, cover each pot with 100 g grated kashkaval in total and a spoonful of cream.
  9. Serve bubbling, straight in the pot, with bread.

What is Selsko meso?

Selsko meso is a traditional dish from North Macedonia, baked in the oven, and takes about 1 hour and 35 minutes from start to finish. It is built around pork shoulder, mushrooms and tomatoes. The recipe below uses 12 ingredients and is written out step by step.

How long does Selsko meso take?

At 95 minutes it is quicker than 62% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 11 dishes built on pork shoulder. The method runs to 9 steps, the longest being 40 minutes.

Any tips for making Selsko meso?

Cook the mushrooms until their water has evaporated, and stir in the paprika off the heat so it does not burn.

How Selsko meso compares

Hard to find elsewhere: kashkaval cheese (1), smoked ham (2) and mushrooms (3).

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