Baked Stuffed Eggplants With Minced Meat
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1 kg small eggplant
- 400 g coarsely ground beef
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 large tomatoes, peeled and sliced
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste, dissolved in 3 cups water
- 1⁄4 cup raw pine nuts
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 3⁄4 cup vegetable oil, for frying eggplants
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, for frying onion, pine nuts and meat
directions
- In a deep skillet, heat the vegetable oil and fry the eggplants on high heat until tender and brown. Remove from oil and place on a kitchen absorbent paper.
- In another skillet fry the chopped onion until golden and tender, add the pine nuts, toss for a few seconds then add the ground meat with the cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and pepper and stir until meat is brown. Set aside.
- In a baking tray, place the fried eggplants and make a slit, lengthwise, in the middle of each one. Fill each eggplant with enough ground meat.
- Layer the tomato slices over them and pour the dissolved tomato paste. Make sure the eggplants are covered with water. Sprinkle with salt.
- Bake in the oven on medium heat for around 30 minute Do not allow all liquid to evaporate.
- Serve with vermicelli rice on the side.
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