Baked Stuffed Eggplants With Minced Meat

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 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

Recipe

• 1 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.
• 2 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.
• 3 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.
• 4 layer the tomato slices over them and pour the dissolved tomato paste. make sure the eggplants are covered with water. sprinkle with salt.
• 5 bake in the oven on medium heat for around 30 minute do not allow all liquid to evaporate.
• 6 serve with vermicelli rice on the side.