Adapted from Taste.com.au 1 - 2 large eggplants, thinly sliced
1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, minced
500g - 750g lamb mince
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp allspice
800g can tomatoes
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 small zucchini, grated
50g butter
2 tbs plain flour
1 1/2 cups milk
pinch of nutmeg
1 egg
1 cup grated cheddar
Preheat oven to 180°C.
In batches, shallow fry the eggplants, thinly sliced, in a little olive oil until golden. (I sprayed the eggplant with some canola oil and shallow fried)
Brown the mince and onion. Add the allspice, tomatoes, zucchini and water. Simmer for 20-30 minutes. Stir in the parsley.
Place some eggplant on the bottom of an oven-proof dish. Make sure it's large enough to hold it all or you could probably divide it into 2 lasagne type pans (or 6 individual serving dishes). Top with half the mince. Keep layering with eggplant & mince mix. Finishing with eggplant on the top layer.
Melt the butter. Stir in plain flour. Whisk in the milk. Stir over medium heat until it boils. Whisk in pinch of nutmeg and 1 egg. Pour over dish(or dishes) and sprinkle with grated cheddar.
Bake for approximately 20-30 minutes.
**This was a little on the water side once it had finished cooking. If I had known it was going to be like this I would have omitted the extra water or even thickened up the meat mixture.
*** You can also add different spices if you wish. Next time I might try chilli or paprika as my boys often complain its not spicy enough! It needs more zing!
1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, minced
500g - 750g lamb mince
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp allspice
800g can tomatoes
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 small zucchini, grated
50g butter
2 tbs plain flour
1 1/2 cups milk
pinch of nutmeg
1 egg
1 cup grated cheddar
Preheat oven to 180°C.
In batches, shallow fry the eggplants, thinly sliced, in a little olive oil until golden. (I sprayed the eggplant with some canola oil and shallow fried)
Brown the mince and onion. Add the allspice, tomatoes, zucchini and water. Simmer for 20-30 minutes. Stir in the parsley.
Place some eggplant on the bottom of an oven-proof dish. Make sure it's large enough to hold it all or you could probably divide it into 2 lasagne type pans (or 6 individual serving dishes). Top with half the mince. Keep layering with eggplant & mince mix. Finishing with eggplant on the top layer.
Melt the butter. Stir in plain flour. Whisk in the milk. Stir over medium heat until it boils. Whisk in pinch of nutmeg and 1 egg. Pour over dish(or dishes) and sprinkle with grated cheddar.
Bake for approximately 20-30 minutes.
**This was a little on the water side once it had finished cooking. If I had known it was going to be like this I would have omitted the extra water or even thickened up the meat mixture.
*** You can also add different spices if you wish. Next time I might try chilli or paprika as my boys often complain its not spicy enough! It needs more zing!
12 comments:
I've never had egg plant. Thought a friend of mine really raves about it. Not even sure I can get it at the local grocery, but might have to check.
Will send Logan the link to the ravioli dish! Looks amazing and he LOVES cheese!
Hi Audrey, I am sure he will love the ravioli. You can't go wrong with it. My 13 yr old has even cooked this for us for dinner.
Eggplant is nice, it kind of takes on the flavour of whatever you cook it with. I hope you like it if you try it.
MMmmhhh this looks delicious!
Thank you for your comment on my blog :) Made my day!
You're welcome spinndiva :) and thanks it sure was delicious.
I did find this version a little oily so I'm thinking of a way to make this so its less greasy. Perhaps grilling the eggplant might be the trick.
I love Moussaka - something I haven't made in years. Thanks for the reminder. It would be great with some chilli.
you're welcome & you're right it would be great with a little bit of chilli in it :)
I'm so glad I found you. I have such a hard time figuring out what to cook for dinner - I'll be back - OFTEN!!
Thanks Donna. I guess I had better start posting more recipes. You know if you have any that you wish to share I would be put them up for you :)
Your recipes looks delicious. I will be back.
Thanks Debby :)
How wonderful! I was trying to figure out which blog of yours to follow and this is the first one I turned to - and lo and behold - I was looking for an excellent eggplant recipe and ta-da!!! Woo Hoo!
I'm glad you were able to find one Nicole :)
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