Briam (Greek Vegetable Stew)

Briam is a traditional Greek dish made from baked vegetables. Without a doubt, this is the most delicious and original vegetable stew you have ever tasted! Delicate baked potatoes with a crust, aromatic eggplants, and juicy zucchini with fresh herbs and spices – all this creates an amazing Mediterranean flavor. Vegetables flavored with olive oil, seasoned with dried herbs, and then baked to perfection – a soulful vegetarian dish!

Ingredients

• Potatoes – 600 g
• Eggplant – 600 g
• Zucchini (I have zucchini) – 600 g
• Tomatoes – 700 g
• Bulgarian pepper – 500 g
• Garlic – 4 cloves
• Onions – 120 g
• Fresh cilantro – 15 g
• Fresh parsley – 15 g
• Bryndza or feta cheese – 300 g
• Olive oil – 80 ml
• Bay leaf – 2 pcs.
• Dried thyme – 1 teaspoon
• A mixture of Italian herbs – 1 teaspoon
• Salt – 1 teaspoon
• Ground black pepper – 1 teaspoon

Directions

1. Peel the onion, cut into large slices.
2. Peppers to clear of seeds and partitions, cut into large squares.
3. Cut the courgettes into semicircles.
4. Cut the eggplants into semicircles or quarters, depending on the size.
5. Cut out the attachment points of the stalks in tomatoes. Cut the tomatoes into fairly large pieces.
6. Place all chopped vegetables in a baking dish. Peel the potatoes, wash and add to the mold.
7. Peel the garlic, cut into slices, add to the mold.

   

8. Add bay leaves, Italian herbs, dried thyme, salt, and ground pepper to the pan. Pour olive oil over vegetables. Mix well. Cover the form with vegetables with foil.
9. Preheat oven to 180 ° C and bake vegetables for 50 minutes. After 50 minutes, remove the foil and sprinkle the vegetables with crumbled feta cheese (or feta cheese). Cook vegetables in the oven for another 10 minutes.

   

10. Cool the vegetables slightly before serving and sprinkle with herbs.

Enjoy your meal!