Tavce gravce recipe

Macedonias national dish: white tetovac beans baked open in an unglazed earthenware pan until a crust forms, with dried red peppers pushed into the surface.

14 hours and 20 minutesmedium8 ingredients

Ingredients

• 500 g dried white tetovac beans
• 6 whole dried red peppers
• 2 onions
• 2 tbsp sweet paprika
• 100 ml sunflower oil
• 1 tsp dried mint
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper

How to make Tavce gravce

1. Soak 500 g of dried white beans overnight in plenty of cold water.
2. Drain, cover with fresh water, bring to a boil, drain again and repeat once more; these changes of water are what make the beans digestible.
3. Cover with fresh water and simmer about 1 hour until tender but still whole, then keep the cooking liquid.
4. Fry 2 chopped onions in 100 ml of sunflower oil until golden, take the pan off the heat and stir in 2 tbsp of sweet paprika so it cannot burn.
5. Combine the beans, the onion mixture, 1 tsp of salt and pepper in an unglazed earthenware dish (the tavce), adding enough cooking liquid to cover generously.
6. Push 4 to 6 whole dried red peppers into the surface.
7. Bake uncovered at 220 C for 30 to 40 minutes, until the liquid has thickened and a crust has formed on top.
8. Scatter 1 tsp of dried mint over the hot dish and serve straight from the pot with bread.

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