Delicious baked eggplant with minced meat for a hearty lunch: how to prepare

Juicy seasonal eggplants can be used to make a hearty and budget-friendly lunch. All you need is regular minced meat and a lot of grated cheese. All of this is baked in the oven, and you get a great meal for the whole family.

The idea of cooking baked eggplant with minced meat for lunch was published on the Instagram page of food blogger Natalia with the nickname talli sun. It's also very quick.

Ingredients:

• eggplant
• minced meat (whatever you like, in this recipe, it is pork)

• onion
• garlic
• tomato paste
• tomato
• mozzarella cheese
• olive oil
• spices and seasonings (salt, pepper, paprika, oregano, cumin, rosemary)

Method of preparation:

1. Cut the eggplant into 0.5-centimeter slices lengthwise, season with salt, leave for 15-20 minutes, and pat dry with paper towels.

2. Put on a baking sheet covered with parchment.

3. Brush both sides with olive oil and bake at 200 degrees for 15 minutes.

4. Cut the onion into small cubes, fry for 2-3 minutes, add garlic, and fry until transparent.

5. Add the minced meat to the onion, fry for 3-4 minutes, add spices, seasonings, and tomato paste and fry for another 2 minutes.

6. Grate the tomato on a coarse grater, add to the pan with the minced meat, and simmer for 7-8 minutes.

7. Put the eggplants in a baking dish, then the minced meat, then the eggplants, and then the minced meat (2-3 layers).

8. The minced meat should be the last layer. Add grated mozzarella on top.

9. Mix tomato paste with water.

10. Pour over the eggplant, add a few sprigs of cumin, garnish with tomato slices and bake at 190 degrees for 20 minutes.