Serbian Casserole (Đuveč)

Ingredients:

• 600 g meat (half beef and half pork, or pork only),
• 100 g dried bacon,
• 150 g dried sausages,
• 2 onions,
• a handful of rice,
• 4 medium sized potatoes,
• a bunch of parsley,
• 1 tbsp of dried vegetable seasonings,
• oil,
• salt,
• pepper,
• 1 kg of frozen vegetables (eggplant, carrots, green beans, peppers, tomatoes).

Preparation:

1. Cut the meat into cubes, bacon into strips, sausage into slices.Chop onions. Peel and cut potatoes into small cubes.
2. Heat the oil and fry onions, bacon and sausage. Add meat, pour 1.5 dl of water and add seasoning of dried vegetables. Simmer all together for a little while. Add potatoes and rice.Continue simmering. Add vegetables, finely cut parsley, salt and pepper. Pour water to cover the ingredients.
3. Put casserole in the preheated oven with lid on and bake for 30 minutes.Remove the lid and bake for another 20 minutes. Total time of 50 minutes. Serve warm.