Raw eggplant has a bitter taste that is eliminated by cooking, it also makes the vegetable more digestible and enhances its flavor. The best ways to eat aubergine is fried, baked or grilled.
- Take your homemade tomato sauce (If you still don't know how to do it at home, you can learn it here).
- In a pan put oil, 1 clove of garlic and heat.
- Add the tomato sauce.
- Cook everything for about 15 minutes.
(When cooked, add the basil)
How to prepare minced meat (optional):
- In a pan put the oil, the clove of garlic and heat.
- Add the meat and sauté.
- Pour in the wine and let all the liquid evaporate.
How to prepare Aubergine:
- Divide the aubergines in half along the longest part and remove the pulp with a spoon, trying not to break them. (Now the aubergine should be in the shape of a boat)
- Scald the boats in a pan with salted water for about 3/4 minutes.
- Drain them and keep them aside.
- In the same water, now boil the pulp you took from the aubergines.
- Drain and mash the pulp with a fork.
- In a bowl put the meat (remember to remove the garlic) that will have cooled.
- Add the egg, the aubergine pulp, the parsley, season with salt and pepper, add the chopped olives and the grated cheese. Mix everything very well.
- Take the "boats" and fill them with the mix you just got.
- Take an ovenproof dish and sprinkle the bottom with the sauce.
- Put the stuffed "boats" and cover them with the rest of the sauce.
- Put them in the oven at 180 ° for 30 minutes.
Advices:
This recipe can be prepared in advance, frozen to eat on Sunday for lunch with the family.
With the same procedure, potatoes, peppers or courgettes can be stuffed.
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