EASY GREEK STUFFED EGGPLANT (PAPOUTSAKIA OR 'LITTLE SHOES'!)
This easy version of traditional Greek stuffed eggplant or aubergine is sometimes called papoutsakia or 'little shoes'. Bake eggplant, stuff with a simple but delicious beef bolognese sauce, top with Greek bechamel sauce and cheese, and bake again. They're cute, they're easy to make ahead or freeze, and they're an easier but just as delicious version of moussaka. Give them a try!
Provided by Helen
Categories Main meal
Time 1h30m
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Pre-heat the oven to 355F/180C. Slice each eggplant in half lengthwise. On the cut side, score around the edge of each, leaving around a 1cm border. Then on the inside, score in a criss-cross pattern. Go as deep as you can without slicing through the bottom of the eggplant. This isn't as tricky as it sounds!
- Place the eggplant halves on a large baking tray lined with baking paper. Brush all over with olive oil. Turn them over so that the cut side is now down. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until the flesh of the eggplant is soft.
- Meanwhile, make your meat sauce. Heat a little olive oil in a large saucepan, then cook the onion for a few minutes. Add the garlic, cinnamon & oregano and cook for a minute longer.
- Add the meat to the pan and brown while breaking up with a wooden spoon.
- Add the tomato puree, water and wine. Simmer the sauce until it has thickened (about 30 minutes).
- Stir in the parsley and salt and pepper to taste.
- To make the béchamel, melt the butter in a medium saucepan, then stir in the flour until you have a paste.
- Take off the heat, then stir in the milk little by little.
- Put the pan back on the heat and stir until the sauce has thickened and is just bubbling. Add about three quarters of the cheese and all of the nutmeg.
- Let cool for about five minutes, then whisk in the egg yolks (whole eggs are OK too).
- Arrange the baked eggplant (cut side up) in a 12 x 9 inch baking dish.
- Use a big metal spoon to squash down the eggplant inside the border you scored.
- Spoon some of the meat sauce inside each eggplant. It's OK if it's piled up a bit.
- Top each stuffed eggplant with a few spoonfuls of the cooled bechamel sauce. Sprinkle with the rest of the cheese.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until the bechamel sauce is golden and bubbling. Serve with a Greek salad, toasted bread and tzatziki (or Greek yoghurt), or just a nice fresh green salad.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 384 kcal, Carbohydrate 24 g, Protein 19 g, Fat 23 g, SaturatedFat 11 g, Cholesterol 116 mg, Sodium 270 mg, Fiber 8 g, Sugar 12 g, ServingSize 1 serving
PAPOUTSAKIA - LITTLE SHOES (STUFFED MINIATURE EGGPLANT)
This is a classic Greek dish, utilizing the little eggplant one can now find on the market. If you cannot find miniature eggplant, just use the longish ones available (not flask - unless VERY small).
Provided by evelynathens
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h55m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Brown onions,garlic, meat and cinnamon lightly in butter, stirring constantly.
- Add tomatoes, salt and pepper.
- Cook covered for about 15 minutes, allowing meat mixture to become quite dry.
- Remove from heat.
- Add parsley, egg, 1/2 cup cheese and bread crumbs.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Along what you choose to become the'top' of each eggplant, peel a 1 1/2 inch strip from one end to the other and make an incision along the strip to within an inch of each end, making a little pocket.
- Place in baking dish and bake in moderate oven until soft and light brown, about 30-45 minutes.
- Insert knife blade into incision, make an opening and stuff with teaspoonfuls of meat mixture, making sure each little eggplant gets an equal amount of stuffing.
- Prepare bechamel sauce: Melt butter over low heat; add flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg; stir until well blended.
- Remove from heat.
- Gradually stir in milk and return to heat.
- Cook, stirring constantly, until thick and smooth.
- Remove from heat.
- Add the egg and remaining cheese to the sauce and whisk briskly, to prevent the egg from curdling.
- Pour about one tablespoon on top of each eggplant pocket.
- Sprinkle with additional grated cheese and dot with butter.
- Add tomato sauce to the pan.
- Bake for about 35 minutes longer.
PAPOUTSAKIAS (STUFFED EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE))
The name is Greek for "little shoes", which describes the eggplant halves, filled with a mixture of chopped eggplant, ground meat, sauce and seasonings, then roasted. I like to roast them covered in a Weber type grill for the smoky flavor, but they are very good done in a regular oven.
Provided by Chopin Liszt
Categories Greek
Time 1h10m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Cut eggplants in half lengthwise.
- Scoop out flesh of eggplants using a large spoon, leaving 1/2 inch of thickness to the shells (four halves are to be stuffed, the third eggplant is for extra flesh).
- Smear four shells with olive oil and roast, flesh side down, on grill or in 400 degree F oven until lightly brown, about 10 minutes.
- While the shells roast, brown the meat in a LARGE skillet, about 10 minutes.
- Remove meat and set aside.
- Meanwhile, chop eggplant flesh coarsely and garlic finely.
- Add olive oil to the skillet and cook the chopped eggplant and garlic until the eggplant is well done and soft, about 30 minutes.
- Add all ingredients, except shells, to the skillet and cook until everything is nicely combined, about 10 minutes.
- Fill the shells with the mixture.
- Sprinkle with grated cheese.
- Roast until bubbly and brown, about 5 minutes.
PAPOUTSAKIA
A classic Greek dish: lamb, eggplant, tomatoes, onion and garlic topped with a yoghurt and feta sauce and baked in the eggplant skins. Delicious served with a Greek salad, crusty rolls and a bottle of your favourite red wine. Adapted from a recipe on the "Australian Women's Weekly" website.
Provided by bluemoon downunder
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Trim the stems from the eggplant. Cut the eggplants in half lengthwise and, taking care not to break the skins, gently scoop out the flesh.
- Chop the flesh and set aside.
- Parboil the skins for 3 minutes, arrange in a lightly oiled baking dish and set aside.
- Heat 1/4 tablespoon of olive oil in a large non-stick pan, add the minced lamb and stir constantly, until all the meat is browned.
- Remove the meat, draining off any juices, and set aside.
- Add 3/4 tablespoon of olive oil to the same pan, add onions and garlic, and sauté until soft but not brown.
- Add the reserved eggplant flesh, tomatoes, salt and pepper to taste and stirring occasionally cook for 4-5 minutes, until contents of the pan have softened.
- Add the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the wine and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the remaining ingredients. Check seasoning, and simmer for 45 minutes.
- Combine the yoghurt, eggs, cheese and nutmeg. Season to taste.
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Gently scoop the meat sauce into the eggplant skins which you placed earlier in a baking dish. (The liquid should have reduced sufficiently while the meat sauce was simmering but, if your sauce looks watery, drain off some of the liquid first. You could spoon it into the baking dish around the eggplant skins, or simply discard it.).
- Top the meat sauce-filled eggplant skins with your white sauce and sprinkle with grated Parmesan.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
- Serve with a Greek salad, crusty rolls and the rest of the bottle of red wine.
PAPOUTSAKIA ('LITTLE SHOES' - STUFFED EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) )
Make and share this Papoutsakia ('little Shoes' - Stuffed Eggplant (Aubergine) ) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h20m
Yield 2 per serving, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Brown onions and meat lightly in butter, stirring constantly.
- Add tomatoes, salt and pepper.
- Cook covered for about 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Add parsley, egg, 1/4 cup cheese and breadcrumbs.
- Wash and dry eggplant.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan.
- Cook slowly, over medium heat about 6 eggplant at a time (covered) until soft and light brown, turning occasionally and carefully.
- Remove carefully from pan with spatula and place in baking pan.
- Make a slit along length each eggplant with a sharp knife blade; spread apart enough to make a 'pocket' and stuff with meat mixture.
- Prepare one cup of bechamel sauce.
- Melt butter in a small saucepan and whisk in flour.
- cook for a minute and slowly add milk, whisking all the while.
- Allow to cool 15 minutes and add 1 egg and remaining cheese.
- Pour about a tablespoon on top of each eggplant.
- Sprinkle with additional grated cheese and dot with butter.
- If desired, add tomato sauce to the pan.
- Bake in a moderate oven (350F) for about 40 minutes until piping hot.
- Very good at room temperature too.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1101.1, Fat 80.7, SaturatedFat 19.9, Cholesterol 153, Sodium 1318, Carbohydrate 78, Fiber 39.3, Sugar 30.9, Protein 30.9
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