Stipsko kofte
The town of Stip is a town in Eastern Macedonia, all the surrounding villages were in that municipality - they called it Stipksa surroundings, and this is their specialty and that is why it is called Stipsko kofte, just like Stip pastramajlija is known in the region.
Preparation steps
- Mix the meat with half-cooked rice, add 2 eggs, pepper, a little ale pepper, 2 tablespoons of oil, parsley, and salt to taste. Mix it all well and form a slightly larger but flat meatballs.
- Beat the remaining 3 eggs with a fork and bread the meatballs first in flour then in eggs and fry in heated oil.
- In the oil in which we fried the meatballs, add a little chopped onion and 1 tablespoon of flour, where the brown onion then the flour is well baked and add a little ale pepper and water, season and with this sauce pour the meatballs that we have already placed in the bowl we intended. Add that one dried paprika and 3-4 tablespoons of tomato sauce and go to the oven to cook. With this sauce the cofte should be all watered down.
- When half of what we poured is left over from this sauce, lunch is ready and can be served.
Serving
Today I prepared 1/4 of all this, instead of tomato sauce I grated fresh tomatoes. Preparation