GREEK STUFFED EGGPLANT
Steps:
- Pre-heat oven to 450 deg. Place whole Eggplants on a wire rack on a cookie sheet and put in the oven Bake for 10-12 minutes or until they begin to soften While the Eggplant is baking chop the mushrooms, yellow peppers, onion and olives and set them aside. (You may place them together in a small bowl for convenience.) Chop the garlic and pistachios and set them aside separately. Grate the cheese (coarse) and set aside. Remove the eggplant from the oven and let cool until you are able to handle it. Cut the eggplants in half, lengthwise. Do not cut off the ends. Using a sharp paring knife, cut around the inside diameter of the skin leaving about 1/8th-1/4" of the flesh of the eggplant. Carefully fold the skin away from the flesh to cut it away from the bottom. Set aside the Eggplant skin boats. Dice the Eggplant into ¼" pieces. Mix the Eggplant with your vegetable mixture. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet on medium-high. Sauté the Eggplant mixture in the skillet and add salt and pepper. Sauté until the eggplant is cooked through and tender (don't worry about the other veggies, if the Eggplant is done the will be also) (about 10-15 minutes). During the sautéing, add your seasoning and stir. After about 5 minutes, add half the wine. Add the remainder at 10 minutes. After the have been cooking about 10 minutes add the garlic and pistachios. Once your Eggplant mixture is finished cooking, spoon it into a bowl and stir in the grated cheese. Spray an appropriately sized baking dish Place the Eggplant skins into the dish. Now spoon the mixture evenly into the Eggplant skins. Reduce the heat of your oven to 350 deg. and bake for 10 minutes. Serve with brown rice or couscous.
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