Turkish Meatball in Stewpot (Tencere Köftesi)

Serves 2

Ingredients

300 gr of ground beef
1 slice of (non fresh) white bread
1 small size onion
2 cloves of garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
Cummin to taste
Thyme to taste
3 medium size of potatoes
A half of tea cup olive oil
3 cubanelle pepper
1-2 tomatoes, peeled and grated (or you can use canned crushed tomatoes)
1 small spoon tomato paste
A half cup of hot water

How To Cook

Knead well ground beef, white bread, grated onion, and grated garlic with salt and all the spices. Pour half of the oil into a wide stewpot. Using your palm, shape the ground beef dough into a wide thin round shape (burger like shape) and then place covering the bottom of the stewpot. Peel the potatoes and then wash it. Cut the potatoes lengthwise into a circle shape and then put in array over the meatballs. Cut into half the cubaneller pepper and place them onto the potatoes. Pour the grated or crushed tomatoes into the stewpot. Add in salt to taste and the remaining olive oil and then cover the lid. Cook over low heat until the potatoes hald tender before pouring in tomato paste dissolved in a half cup of hot water. Continue to cook until potatoes are well cooked, you can test it by sticking a fork into the potatoes. Serve hot.