Baked Eggplant with Savory Cheese Stuffing

Name: Baked Eggplant with Savory Cheese Stuffing
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 2 mediums eggplants, each cut in half lengthwise (about 2 pounds); 1 teaspoon extravirgin olive oil; 85 grams 3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese; 59 milliliters chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 355 milliliters finely chopped onion; 237 milliliters finely chopped seeded plum tomato; 296 milliliters finely chopped red bell pepper; 1 teaspoons salt; 28 grams white bread; 1 teaspoon chopped fresh or 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano

Baked Eggplant with Savory Cheese Stuffing is A mixture of onion, bell pepper, extravirgin olive oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 40

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Oven

Score cut side of each eggplant half by making 4 crosswise cuts.

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Eggplant

Place the eggplant halves, cut sides down, on a foil-lined baking sheet coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Eggplant

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Baking Sheet

Aluminum Foil

Bake at 400 for 25 minutes or until tender.

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Oven

Remove from oven; cool on pan 10 minutes. Carefully remove pulp, leaving a 1/3-inch-thick shell; reserve eggplant shells. Chop pulp.

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Eggplant

Pasta Shells

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Oven

Frying Pan

Reduce oven temperature to 35

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Oven

Place bread in a food processor; pulse 10 times or until coarse crumbs measure 1/2 cup.

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Bread

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Food Processor

Drizzle the breadcrumbs with olive oil, and pulse to combine.

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Breadcrumbs

Olive Oil

Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Spray

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Frying Pan

Add onion; saut 3 minutes. Stir in the chopped eggplant, bell pepper, tomato, oregano, and garlic; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover and cook 5 minutes or until liquid evaporates, stirring occasionally.

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Bell Pepper

Eggplant

Oregano

Garlic

Tomato

Onion

Remove from heat; stir in cheese, parsley, salt, and black pepper. Stuff each eggplant shell with about 1/2 cup onion mixture; sprinkle with breadcrumb mixture.

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Black Pepper