TurliTava- A vegetable and beef stew from Macedonia

Hello there friends of The Savory place, its been a few months since i uploaded a new traditional recipe from my country, so im going to hit it off with a great delicacy some might say similar to the french Ratatouille but with a Balkan twist and a whole lot more of spices that represent the cuisine of the Balkans and Macedonian countryside in all its comfort food glory :)
Macedonian cuisine is a mix of Greek, Serbian, Albanian and Turkish influences, and each one has taken the best of it.
So i said it was similar to Ratatouille because it has the same combination of vegetables but with a lot more spicy meats in the stew.
So lets warm up your hearts this upcoming winter with some real down and heavy stew indigenous to my country and this southern part of Europe.

Preparation:


Grill the meat into cubes (2x2cm), clean the vegetables and chop them into cubes (or pieces), spice, mix and place in an earthenware bowl (can also be metal, but the earth is the best), add the meat to a little oil. Lightly mix, squeeze with a little water, cover and bake for about two hours at 200oC.

Turli Tava is best prepared in a earthenware bowl but its recomended that u prepare it in kind of metal bowl over which heated coal is placed so it cooks evenly (its a well kept secret of preparing this dish in my country:) )and you can reduce or increase the amount of meat depending on your eating habits (it is only necessary to feel the smell of meat) .

Enjoy the delicious taste of Turli Tava witsh some Macedonian red wine from the Tikves region, especialy the Vranec dark wine.

Bon apetit friends