Fërgesë

Peppers, tomato and cottage cheese baked into a hot dip.

Ingredients

• 4 Bell peppers
• 4 Tomatoes
• 400 g Fresh cottage cheese
• 1 Onion
• 3 cloves Garlic
• 3 tbsp Butter
• 2 tbsp Flour
• 1 Chili
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Black pepper

Method

1. Roast the peppers — Char the peppers over a flame, peel, and chop.
2. Cook the base — Fry the onion, garlic and chili in butter, then add the tomatoes and cook down 15 minutes.
3. Combine — Stir in the peppers and the flour, then fold through the cottage cheese.
4. Bake — Transfer to a clay dish and bake at 200°C for 20 minutes until bubbling and lightly browned.
5. Fërgesë is ready — Serve hot in the dish with plenty of bread.

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