Baked Eggplant and Lamb

Name: Baked Eggplant and Lamb
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon dried basil; 118 milliliters dry red wine; 907 grams pounds eggplant; 113 grams ounces feta cheese, crumbled; 2 slices (1/2 in. thick and 4 to 5 in. long) French bread; 1 Tbsp minced garlic; 454 grams ground lamb; 227 grams sliced mushrooms; 1 Tbsp prepared mustard; 3 Tbsps About olive oil; 227 grams onion , peeled and chopped; 1 teaspoons dried oregano; 118 milliliters chopped parsley; 0 teaspoons pepper; 1 teaspoons salt; 355 milliliters tomato sauce

Baked Eggplant and Lamb might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. One serving contains 291 calories, 13g of protein, and 18g of fat. If you have ground lamb, bread, oregano, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Rinse and dry eggplant; slice crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick rounds, discarding ends.

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Eggplant

Brush both sides of rounds lightly with oil and place in a single layer on two 12- by 15-inch baking sheets.

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Cooking Oil

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Bake in a 400 regular or convection oven until browned and tender when pierced, 10 to 15 minutes.

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Meanwhile, cut or tear bread into 1/2-inch chunks. Put in a food processor or blender and whirl into coarse crumbs; you should have 1 cup. In a 10- to 12-inch nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat, stir crumbs in 1/2 tablespoon olive oil until lightly browned and crisp, about 5 minutes.

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Bread

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Pour from pan.

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In the same pan over medium-high heat, stir lamb until crumbled and no longer pink, about 5 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer lamb to a bowl.

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Lamb

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Drain all but 1 teaspoon fat from pan.

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Add onion, mushrooms, and garlic and stir occasionally until onion is limp and mushrooms are browned, about 8 minutes.

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Mushrooms

Garlic

Onion

Add tomato sauce, wine, mustard, basil, oregano, salt, pepper, and the browned lamb. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring often, to blend flavors, about 10 minutes.

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Tomato Sauce

Mustard

Oregano

Pepper

Basil

Lamb

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Wine

Arrange half the eggplant slices in a single layer over the bottom of a shallow 2- to 3-quart baking dish; top with half the lamb mixture. Repeat layers of eggplant and lamb mixture.

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Eggplant

Lamb

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