Eggplant Steaks with Pumpkin, Tomato, and Mushroom Ragoût

Eggplant Steaks with Pumpkin, Tomato, and Mushroom Ragoût
This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains roughly 10g of protein, 30g of fat, and a total of 465 calories. It will be a hit at your valentin day event. If you have balsamic vinegar, shiitake mushrooms, shallots, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegan diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 25 hours.

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 400°F.
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Toss shallots and tomatoes with 3 tablespoons oil in a large roasting pan and season with salt. Roast until tomatoes are tender but not falling apart, about 25 minutes.
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Transfer tomatoes only to a large bowl.
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Add pumpkins with salt to taste to shallots, tossing to coat with oil in pan. Roast until pumpkins are just tender, about 30 minutes, then add vegetables to tomatoes.
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Reduce oven temperature to 200°F.
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Straddle roasting pan across 2 burners.
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Add water and 1/2 cup wine and deglaze by boiling over moderately high heat, stirring and scraping up any brown bits. Reserve liquid.
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Cook soybeans in boiling salted water until just tender, about 1 minute (3 minutes for lima beans), then drain. When cool enough to handle, shell soybeans, discarding pods.
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Cut 2 (2-inch-thick) crosswise slices, or "steaks," from thickest part of each eggplant and season generously with salt and pepper. (Reserve remaining eggplant for another use.) Brown 3 eggplant steaks in 3 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, about 5 minutes on each side.
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Add 1/4 cup wine to skillet and simmer, covered, turning once, until eggplant is very tender and wine is absorbed, about 5 minutes total.
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Transfer to a small roasting pan. (If wine is absorbed before eggplant is tender, add water, a few tablespoons at a time, and continue cooking until tender.) Repeat with remaining 3 eggplant steaks. Keep eggplant warm, uncovered, in oven.
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Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté mushrooms with garlic, rosemary, and salt to taste, stirring, until golden and any liquid mushrooms give off is evaporated. Stir in reserved deglazing liquid and simmer until mushrooms are tender, about 10 minutes.
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Add roasted vegetables and soybeans and cook, stirring, until heated through. Stir in vinegar.
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Serve eggplant steaks topped with vegetable ragout.
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•Shallots, tomatoes, and pumpkins can be roasted 3 hours ahead.
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Transfer to a bowl and keep, covered, at room temperature.•Roasting pan may be deglazed 3 hours ahead.
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Transfer liquid to a bowl and chill, covered.• Eggplant steaks can be cooked 3 hours ahead.
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Transfer to a baking pan and chill, covered. Reheat in a 200°F oven while preparing ragout.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In25 hrs
Servings6
Health Score34
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