Easy Claypot Jumble - Guvece
This Balkan dish is prepared in mini claypots called guvece and is the easiest meal that you will ever make. If you do not have small claypots, you can use mini ceramic or cast iron casserole dishes with lids, big enough to serve one person. The dish is a delicious and satisfying jumble! It's made pretty much with whatever you can find in the fridge.
Equipment
- 4 mini casserole dishes with lid earthenware or cast iron ones work best
Ingredients
- 200 g smoked sausage cut into bite-size slices
- 160 g mild cheddar cut into bite-size cubes
- 20+ Kalamata olives halved
- 4 cloves of garlic halved
- 1 can plum tomatoes, or 4 medium fresh tomatoes sliced
- 8 gherkins cut inti bite-size chunks
- 12 capers
- 4 small red onions cut into quarters
- 4 eggs
- 10 g butter divide into 4 equal pieces
- 1 teaspoon savoury spice oregano or mixed spice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/392°F. Reduce the temperature slightly for fan-assisted oven.Slice the sausage, yellow cheese, gherkins into bite-size chunks. Cut the onions into quarters. Slice the fresh or plum tomatoes. Divide the butter into 4 pieces.
- Place the onions on the bottom of your mini casseroles. Arrange the rest of the ingredients sporadically on top. Drop a small cube of butter and sprinkle the spice. If you are using canned plum tomatoes, stir them with the rest of the ingredients. Dilute some of the tomato juice from the can with a little water and add the liquid to the pots to make a lovely sauce.
- Cover the pots with their lids and cook in the oven for 20 minutes. Take them out of the oven and break one egg in each claypot. Return them to the oven and cook for extra 10-15 minutes depending on how well cooked you want your egg.
- Serve the claypots with a side plate, spoon and a fork. Transfer a few spoonfuls of your guvece to the side plate to cool quicker and enjoy with fresh crusty bread and salad.