Today we are going to cook some delicious aubergines stuffed with minced meat and béchamel. A perfect dish since it is mostly made up of vegetables, but it also includes protein and calcium. In other words, a perfect option to serve as a single dish.
It is also perfect for children to drink, the flavor of the eggplant is camouflaged by the bechamel. In this way they will be eating vegetables without hardly noticing it. Even if you prefer you can substitute the meat for cooked ham or turkey, it will be equally delicious.
Meat Stuffed eggplants
Aubergines stuffed with minced meat and béchamel
Author Tony Torres
Kitchen: Spanish
Recipe type: Vegetables
Rations: 2
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Ingredients
- 2 medium eggplants
- 250 g of minced beef
- Cheese to melt
- Extra virgin olive oil
bechamel
- 4 large tablespoons of flour
- milk
- shawl
Preparation
- First we wash the aubergines well, remove the stem and cut in half.
- We put a large pot with water and salt to heat.
- We make a few cuts on the meat of the aubergine and put in the water over medium heat.
- We leave the aubergines until they are soft, about 15 or 20 minutes.
- We take out and leave upside down to drain the water while they cool.
- With the help of a spoon, we remove the meat from the aubergines being careful not to break them.
- We put a frying pan on the fire with a drizzle of olive oil and fry the minced meat well.
- When the meat is cooked, add the meat of the well-cut aubergine and fry everything together, add salt and reserve.
- To prepare the bechamel, we put a drizzle of oil in a saucepan and heat.
- We add the flour and cook it before adding the milk.
- We are incorporating milk little by little, stirring well with some rods, we add salt.
- The bechamel should not be too thick, we are incorporating milk until we see that there is a somewhat thick sauce consistency.
- We preheat the oven to 180 g.
- On a baking dish, we place the halves of the aubergines and fill with the mixture.
- We put cheese on top to melt and put in the oven for about 20 minutes.
- And voila, we have prepared our delicious stuffed aubergines.
Notes
To gratin the cheese, raise the oven temperature to the maximum for the last 5 minutes.