Ingredients(20-25 servings):
· 4 big onions – finely chopped
· 1 green bell pepper – diced
· 2 red bell peppers – diced
· 8 garlic cloves – finely chopped
· 5 tomatoes – diced
· few tomatoes – sliced to put on top to decorate
· 2 lb eggplants – peeled and cut into an inch square cubes
· 2 lb Italian zucchini – peeled and cut into an inch square cubes
· 5 lb ground beef
· ½ lb bread crumbs
· 4 eggs
· 1 cup milk
· salt and black pepper
Directions:
Meatballs:
1. Mix bread crumbs, 3 eggs, 2 tsp black pepper and salt to ground beef.
2. Knead it well.
3. Make small tiny meat balls in the size of a hazelnut.
Vegetables:
1. Preheat oven to 400 F degrees.
2. Fry zucchini and eggplants in a deep frying pan. Set them aside in the bottom of a baking dish. The dish should be big enough to contain all of the ingredients.
3. Put some olive oil in a separate cooking pot. Add garlic and onions. Fry a bit.
4. Add bell peppers. Cook for a while.
5. Repeat step 3 for meatballs and tomatoes.
6. Add salt and pepper as needed.
7. Put meat ball and vegetable mixture on top of zucchini and eggplants.
8. Beat 1 egg and mix it with milk. Pour this mixture onto the dish.
9. Decorate the baking dish with sliced tomato on the top and with some Italian parsley.
10. Bake in the oven.
