Guide to Make Eggplants with Surprise Meatballs in 17 Minutes at Home

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"Who says meatballs have to have meat? After roasting, eggplant takes on a meaty flavor." While the meatballs cook, warm the marinara sauce in a small saucepan. Remove the meatballs from the oven, sprinkle with a little extra parmesan and serve with the marinara sauce.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have eggplants with surprise meatballs using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Eggplants with Surprise Meatballs:

1. Prepare 5 medium Round eggplants ( not huge ones though)!cut into halves
2. Prepare 1 lb Ground beef ( lean)
3. Get 1 small Onions ( yellow, or Spanish ) chopped
4. Make ready 1/2 bunch Parsley
5. Get 1 large Egg
6. Make ready Breadcrumbs
7. Prepare 3 tsp Tomato paste
8. Prepare 1/4 cup Olive oil
9. Prepare Garlic- chopped
10. Get Tomatoes and bell pepper (red or green)
11. Get Black, pepper, cumin, red pepper

Then add breadcrumbs and mix until you get the consistency you want to form the balls. These hearty, delicious eggplant morsels can be used as a replacement for meatballs, or they can be fried into patties and eaten like burgers. Heat a medium skillet over medium heat. Pour in olive oil and saute garlic just until lightly browned.

Instructions

Steps to make Eggplants with Surprise Meatballs:

1. Trim off the green part, soak them in the salty water. About 20 minutes . Put something heavy over them to prevent eggplants flowing around , so you can get rid off bitterness. While you are waiting you start preparing your meatballs.
2. To grill or broil Eggplant, cut very small ones in half, cut in halves , Brush each side with oil, add salt and pepper, cook 8 to 10 minutes per side, turning often. When done, the Eggplant will be brown and tender. If you are broiling or grilling very close to the heat, 4 minutes per side may do. They will shrink and will get almost burn
3. To prepare meatball: get mixing bowl, chopped onions, fresh Italian parsley, cumin, salt pepper, red pepper, chopped garlic and ground beef, one egg, if very lose , add some breadcrumbs .
4. Depends of how big is your eggplant, make the meatballs so they can fit inside of eggplant .
5. So far you already took your eggplants out of oven, let it cool, so you can use your tomb make a small hole to place your meatballs.
6. After you stuffed the eggplants you have to secure the open side of them, cut small piece of tomatoes and red pepper, close the openings.
7. Mix 2 teaspoon of tomato paste with hot water and little bit of salt.
8. Poor tomato sauce over eggplant, about 3 cups of sos you should be having. Do not pour lots of sauce into them.
9. Close the lit and cook with medium - low heat about 15-20 mints. Until meatballs are ready.
10. To serve : after you put the stuffed eggplants in to a plate , pour sauce over them. Serve hot.

Reduce heat to low and cover skillet. I love eggplant now, but it took me a while to warm up to it. As an Italian-American, I grew up eating my fair share of eggplant parm, but I didn't have much exposure to the veg beyond that. When finally faced with an opportunity to cook with it, I have to say I was stumped. It's a bit more finicky than its simple.

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