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Sheikh al Mihshi Stuffed Eggplant

Small eggplants browned, slit and packed with a spiced lamb and pine nut filling, then baked in tomato passata. A popular classic, nicknamed the sheikh of stuffed vegetables.

  • Yield6 servings
  • Hands-on45 min
  • Total1 h 38 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 12small long eggplants, or 6 oval eggplants
  • 60 gghee, or use oil
  • 250 mltomato passata
  • to tastesalt
  • to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground

Filling

  • 2 tbspvegetable oil
  • 500 gfinely ground lamb
  • 1large onion, finely chopped
  • 1 clovegarlic, finely chopped
  • 40 gpine nuts
  • ¼ tspground cinnamon
  • ¼ tspground allspice
  • 3 tbspflat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
  • to tastesalt
  • to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Tree nuts
  • Pine nut
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Eggplant (aubergine)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Parsley
  • Black and white pepper
  • Allspice
  • Cinnamon
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Lamb and mutton

Taste

  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop

Season

  • Summer

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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