Turkish eggplant with minced meat - a favorite of Turkish cuisine! Recipes, subtleties and secrets of cooking juicy and incredibly delicious eggplant in Turkish with minced meat
It is difficult to imagine the menu of any restaurant in Turkey without a signature dish - amazing Turkish eggplant with minced meat. Baked vegetables in combination with aromatic meat can be served both hot and cold.
A harmonious duet perfectly acts as a full-fledged second course or as a side dish (for rice, potatoes, spaghetti).
Traditionally, eggplant stew, fry, bake, grill and even marinate. We offer you some interesting recipes for baking Turkish "stuffed boats", the preparation of which does not take much time and effort. In addition, the hostess will have a huge scope for the manifestation of culinary imagination, because the choice of ingredients does not set any limits.
This oriental dish will fit perfectly into the family dinner menu and will decorate any festive feast. It is prepared easily, eaten quickly!
General principles of preparation:
• All that is needed is high-quality minced meat, ripened eggplant and fresh vegetables.
• Separately, prepare the minced meat, start them with our "eggplant boats" and send them to bake in the oven. We choose other components of the filling to your taste: onions, garlic, herbs, tomatoes, carrots, bell peppers or mushrooms. Tomato sauce will complement the dish (you should pour tomatoes with boiling water or dilute the tomato paste with water, then pour the eggplant in this sauce).
• Baked eggplant in the oven at 200 degrees 30-40 minutes.
• Minced meat can be pork, and beef, and mutton. It is recommended to mix several types of minced meat, for example, assorted pork and beef.
• Spices and herbs: oregano, coriander, paprika, thyme, basil and curry will give a unique "oriental taste" to stuffed eggplants. Choose them according to your taste preferences.
Turkish eggplant with minced meat in the oven
Ingredients:
• Four medium eggplant;
• Two onions;
• Two cloves of garlic;
• bell pepper;
• Red pepper;
• Parsley;
• Ground beef - 500 g.
Cooking method:
1. Pour a baking sheet with vegetable oil.
2. We coat each eggplant with vegetable oil using a special silicone brush and spread them on the surface.
3. We send the eggplant into the preheated oven. Eggplant readiness is easy to identify: they should be soft and slightly browned.
4. Finely chop the onion and bell pepper. Crush the garlic with a knife and chop. We spread the chopped ingredients in a pan and simmer.
5. Add the minced meat to the vegetable mixture, season with black pepper and stir.
6. It's time to fill the eggplant stuffing. We open the hot "boats" and put the minced meat in them, but first we sprinkle sugar on top. This is done to give a more vivid taste. Fill with minced meat, distributing it well inside. You can decorate the top of the boat with a slice of tomato, pepper and parsley.
7. Bring tomato paste with water, stir and put on medium heat. Pour tomato liquid onto a baking sheet with eggplant lying. We put baked in a preheated oven. Cook at a temperature of 180 degrees for half an hour.
Turkish eggplant with minced meat "assorted"
Ingredients:
• Four eggplants;
• Salt pepper;
• Ground beef and pork - 500 g;
• Onion;
• Tomatoes - 3-4 pieces;
• Two bell peppers.
Cooking method:
1. Cut the eggplants into rounds, add salt and rub it on the entire surface of the vegetable by hand.
2. Add minced salt, onions, spices. Fry the minced meat, constantly stirring.
3. Cut the tomatoes and bell peppers. In olive oil, fry onions and peppers, add the tomato and continue the stewing process. At the end, pour the greens.
4. Stuff the minced meat on the round eggplant, completely closing it. We spread the stuffed eggplants in the refractory form with the first layer, and the stewed vegetable mixture with the second. Bake for 45 minutes at a temperature of 180-200 degrees.
Turkish eggplant with minced meat "Sun of the East"
Ingredients:
• Three large eggplants;
• 2 tomatoes;
• Three bell peppers;
• Pepper, salt;
• Minced meat (lamb, beef) - 800 g;
• Mint (fresh or dry);
• Garlic;
• Onion;
• A glass of tomato juice;
• Chives.
Cooking method:
1. Cut eggplant in rings of a centimeter in diameter, leave in salted water for 20 minutes to let the juice flow.
2. Cut half the onion as small as possible, send it to the minced meat. Salt, pepper and mix thoroughly.
3. Peel the tomatoes. Cut bell pepper and tomatoes into small cubes. We also cut mint, garlic and parsley very finely.
4. The remaining part of the onion is cut and sent to fry for 2-3 minutes. We also send tomatoes and pepper here. Leave to stew for 5-7 minutes, stirring from time to time. Then fill the vegetables with tomato juice, salt, pepper. Bring to a boil and spread mint, parsley and garlic. Stew the gravy for another three minutes.
5. We compactly interconnect the rings of eggplant and minced meat, forming in a circle a baking dish the so-called “sun”, in the center of which we put yellow pepper. Fill the composition with gravy. We send to bake for 30 minutes.
Turkish eggplant with minced meat and tomatoes
Ingredients:
• Eggplant - 4 pieces;
• Stuffing - 600 g;
• Tomatoes - 3 pieces;
• Bow;
• Bell pepper - 2 pieces;
• Mint;
• Tomato paste;
• Cherry tomatoes - 8 pieces;
• Salt, pepper (to taste).
Cooking method:
1. Cut the stems from the eggplant, clean with strips, cut in half along. Salt water and soak the eggplant in it for 10-15 minutes.
2. The filling is prepared as follows: finely chop the onion and mint, chop the tomatoes on a coarse grater until liquid.
3. Dry the eggplant with paper towels. Lubricate them with oil and distribute it on all sides with our hands. Spread on a baking sheet. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, bake them until tender.
4. In vegetable oil, fry the onions, add 2-3 tablespoons of tomato paste and warm again. Spread the minced meat, mixing well and frying. Add tomatoes, mint and spices to your preference.
5. Part of the flesh from baked eggplant is removed with a spoon, ie make a deepening and set aside in a separate bowl. Fill eggplant with minced meat.
6. Grind the eggplant pulp with a blender until smoothie. With eggplant gruel we close our boats from above. Garnish with cherry tomatoes.
7. In a separate bowl, mix two teaspoons of tomato paste with a glass of hot water. Whisk and salt with a whisk. Pour the prepared eggplants with this sauce.
8. Send to the oven at 200 degrees until the pepper and tomato soften. The dish is ready!
Turkish eggplant with minced cheese
Ingredients:
• Two large eggplant;
• Stuffing - 350 g;
• Onion;
• Tomatoes - 4 pieces;
• Garlic - 2 cloves;
• Greens (bunch);
• Tomato juice - 100 ml;
• Hard cheese - 150 g.
Cooking method:
1. Wash, peel and free eggplant from pulp. Salt and leave for 10-15 minutes to neutralize the specific taste of the eggplant. Fry from the "bottom" in vegetable oil until golden brown.
2. Finely chop the vegetable combination: onions, tomatoes, garlic, herbs and eggplant pulp. Stuff the minced meat over medium heat for 5-7 minutes, then add chopped vegetables to it.
3. Stuff boats with meat and vegetables, pour tomato juice (or water) from above. Sprinkle with coarsely grated cheese.
4. Bake in the oven at 200 degrees 20 minutes.
5. We decorate the finished dish with fresh herbs.
Turkish eggplant with minced meat in a pan
Ingredients:
• Three large eggplants;
• 500 g of minced pork;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• Onion;
• Two bell peppers;
• Carrot;
• Curry (to taste);
• Ground black pepper, salt;
• Parsley, cilantro (2 bunches);
• Tomato paste.
Cooking method:
1. We combine forcemeat with spices (black pepper, curry) and herbs (parsley, cilantro).
2. Peel the eggplants, cut into slices and leave in salted water for half an hour.
3. Cut the vegetables into thin strips (carrots, bell peppers, tomatoes and onions).
4. Put eggplant slices vertically into the pan, fill the empty places with minced meat. Close the lid and leave to cook for 20 minutes.
5. Put vegetables in a separate frying pan and leave to simmer over moderate heat.
6. Put the suitable vegetables on a mixture of eggplant and minced meat and pour in tomato sauce (mix tomato paste with water).
7. The finished dish is decorated with fresh onions, parsley or onion rings.
Tips and Tricks:
• The secrets of cooking any dish are based on the right approach to the selection of ingredients. Choose elastic and smooth blue-violet eggplant. Such fruits give least bitter aftertaste.
• A green stalk indicates the ripeness of the fruit.
• Put the peeled eggplant in salted water in a cut form for 20-40 minutes, so that specific bitterness comes out, after which we squeeze them well.
• When frying eggplant in a pan, pre-roll them in flour or breadcrumbs.
• Do not rush to serve the dish on the table, let it brew and fully soak in the aroma of vegetables and spices.
Turkish eggplants with minced meat are very popular in many countries of the world, because the combination of eggplant and meat is considered a "classic of the genre."
The above recipes, combined with culinary skills, imagination and inspiration of the hostess, will surely please with high results and present such an appetizing, satisfying, spicy and aromatic dish of the East. Enjoy your meal!
