Briam - Greek Vegetable Slow-Cooked Stew

Briam - Greek Vegetable Slow-Cooked Stew
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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 412.9
  • Total Fat: 26.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 30.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 43.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.1 g
  • Protein: 6.3 g

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Introduction

Delicious Greek vegetable stew - yes, there's stacks of olive oil in it but it's the Meditteranean diet! Delicious Greek vegetable stew - yes, there's stacks of olive oil in it but it's the Meditteranean diet!
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    550g potatoes, unpeeled
    125g zucchini, sliced
    275 eggplant, diced
    Half a yellow pepper
    Whole green pepper
    4 cloves of garlic
    272g ripe fresh tomatoes
    50g canned tomatoes
    500ml veg stock
    100ml olive oil
    15g fresh dill
    15g fresh lemon thyme

Tips

You can alter the proportions of stock to oil for a lower calorie version but the original Greek version has a lot of olive oil so I always make the authentic one.
You can omit the pepper completely if you like. Some recipes don't call for it. You can use red and orange peppers instead.


Directions

Prepare all veg and place into a large ovenproof dish.
Chop all herbs as small as possible and stir in.
Add the stock and the olive oil. If you're playing around with the quantities, the general rule is that the total liquid should come about halfway up the dish. The veg will shrink down a lot during the cooking process so you don't want to end up with loads of liquid.

Stir thoroughly so all veg has at least a little liquid on it and all the herbs are stirred through.

Cook in the oven at 180 degrees Centigrade for about 2 hours. Once the veg is squishy, it's done.
Stir occasionally to avoid the veg on top becoming too crispy. You should keep rotating it so that all the veg has its turn in the liquid. However, be careful when stirring not to break up the veg - it should all still be pretty whole when you dish up.
The photo I've uploaded is pre-cooking and where I used red pepper and parsley - I forgot to take a photo of this particular version.

Serving Size: 4

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user EMSR2D2.