This stuffed aubergines or eggplant dish may sound a little complicated but it is really easy to put together. It is yummy, super healthy and carbs-free.
I like eating it with a nice fresh and crisp salad or my feta cheese salad recipe (try it!).

Velvety stuffed aubergines
An easy dish consisting of ground meat and some veg aubergines (eggplants), a super delicious and healthy dish.
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Servings: 4
Calories: 452kcal
Equipment
- ovenproof dish
- chopping board
Ingredients
- 3 medium aubergines (organic)
- 300 g mince meat low fat
- 400 g tomato passata (organic)
- 100 g cheddar cheese (optional) grated
- 1/2 small carrot (organic)
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder (organic)
- 1 onion (organic)
- 1/2 leek (organic)
- 1 egg (organic)
- herbs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 180 C (fan assisted) 200 C gas mark 5.
- Wash the aubergines and cut lengthwise. Scoop out some of its flesh with the help of a spoon leaving an edge of 1/2 cm all around. Sprinkle some salt inside the aubergine and put aside for few minutes. Repeat this with all aubergines.
- Put the flesh as it is in a bowl and sprinkle salt on. Put aside for a while.
- Chop the onion and the leek finely and sweat it for 5 min with a sprinkle of salt.
- In a bowl, put the mince meat the egg, a pinch salt (not too much as the aubergine flesh as well as aubergines and onions have some already) pepper, curry powder, finely grated carrot. Mix well.
- Squeeze the aubergine flesh of any juices and chop finely. Add to the meat mix.
- Turn the aubergine halves face down for 2 min so all juices inside.
- Add the onion and the leek to meat mixture and mix well.
- Stuff the aubergines, pour over the top some tomato juice and place in the preheated oven. You can sprinkle a generous amount of grated cheese over it.
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Nutrition
Calories: 452kcal | Carbohydrates: 82g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 604mg | Potassium: 906mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 65g | Vitamin A: 1618IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 230mg | Iron: 2mg
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