Stuffed Eggplant
I love eggplant and I am in love with stuffed eggplant. This is an easy recipe, and the ingredients are available in every market. Like I say, simple ingredients make real food.
You’ll need:
- 1/2 cup minced onion
- 4-garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- 1/2 lb italian sweet sausage meat
- 1-Eggplant cut in half, the inside scraped out and reserved. Chop the eggplant that has been scraped out.
- 1-red bell pepper minced
- olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- 1/2 cup red wine
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- 1-10oz. can of diced tomatoes
- 1/2 cup grated Romano cheese
Directions:
- Heat 2 tbs olive oil in a skillet and sauté the onion, garlic, red pepper, chopped eggplant meat, 1-tsp salt and 1/2-tsp pepper.
- After 5 minutes add the ground beef and sausage and brown.
- Add the wine and continue cooking until it hasreduced by half
- Add the tomatoes and their juice
- Cook for 15 minutes on a medium heat, stirring along the way.
- Remove from the heat and allow this to cool
- Fold in the Romano cheese.
- Season the eggplant with salt and pepper and
- Drizzle some olive on them
- Fill the eggplants with the filling
- Place the eggplants on a baking sheet, cover loosely with foil and bake in a 400 degree oven for 30 minutes
I serve with a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of Romano. A salad is great but really this eggplant is a meal in itself.
Daniel Mancini
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