Greek-Style Stuffed Eggplant: Melitzanes Paputsakia (Updated)
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Ingredients
3 eggplants, washed and dried
1 pound ground beef, chicken or lamb
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup olive oil
15 oz (425g) crushed tomatoes
4 garlic cloves, grated
pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
1 teaspoon dried oregano
a handful of fresh parsley, chopped
shredded or grated Parmesan/Kefalotiri cheese
For the Béchamel:
2 cups whole milk
5 tablespoon olive oil
4 tablespoons all purpose flour
2 eggs
salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
pinch of ground nutmeg
about 2 cups of grated parmesan
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400 °F, 200 °C.
Slice the eggplants in half, lengthwise and cut criss-cross slits into the flesh being careful not to cut all the way down to the bottom. Place the slices into a baking pan.
Drizzle the eggplant slices with about a quarter cup of the olive oil. Add more if needed. Season the flesh side with salt and pepper.
Roast the eggplant slices in the preheated oven for about 40 minutes or until golden and tender.
Make the Meat Sauce: Add the onion, a quarter cup of olive oil, and a pinch of salt to a pot and cook over medium heat until soft and golden. About 10 minutes. Add the garlic and warm through until fragrant. Add the ground meat and cook until no longer pink. Season with salt, pepper, crushed red pepper flakes. Add the tomato and a cup of water. Cook the sauce over medium-high heat until thickened. About 25 minutes. Remove from heat and add the oregano and chopped parsley. Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed.
Make the Bechamel Sauce: Add the olive oil and flour to a saucepan and cook over medium heat until toasted. Add the milk, salt, pepper, and ground nutmeg. Whisk together and cook until it comes to a boil and thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat.
In another bowl beat the eggs until smooth and add some of the hot bechamel to the eggs. Whisk together to temper the eggs. Add the egg mixture to the pot and whisk together. Add the cheese and mix it until incorporated.
Assemble the Papoutsakia:
Mash the eggplant flesh to make room for the filling.
Sprinkle the top of the eggplant with some grated cheese. Divide the meat sauce equally. Top with béchamel sauce and then sprinkle the top with more cheese.
Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
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Dolmadakia Avgolemono: Greek Style Stuffed Grape Leaves with a Lemony Sauce
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Makes about 30 grape leaves:
1 pound cut up lamb shoulder (with bone)
16 ounces grape leaves from a jar, rinsed, drained, and stems removed
3/4 cup olive oil
1 pound ground lean beef
½ cup rice, uncooked
1 onion, finely chopped
4 cups water or chicken broth
½ cup chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint
1 teaspoon dried crushed oregano
1 teaspoon salt or to taste
freshly ground pepper to taste
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
For the lemon sauce:
3 cups dolmades broth
¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 egg yolks
1 and 1.2 tablespoons corn starch
Salt, to taste
¼ - ½ teaspoon dried dill
Combine the onion with ¼ cup olive oil in a pot and cook over medium heat until soft and golden. About 10 minutes.
Combine the ground beef, herbs, rice, salt and pepper in a large mixing bowl and mix well. Add the cooked onions and the oil that they were cooked in. Mix until combined.
Rinse and dry the grape leaves. Cut the hard stem from each leaf. Reserve the smallest and the torn leaves to lay on bottom of pot.
Lay a grape leaf shiny side down and place a tablespoon of rice filling on the bottom end of the leaf, near the stem.
Fold the stem end of leaf over the filling. Fold the sides over and roll up snugly but not too tight. The rice will expand while cooking.
Repeat with all of the remaining grape leaves until your filling is done.
Layer half of the small and torn grape leaves to create a bed for the dolmades in a pot.
Season the lamb on both sides with salt and pepper and place in the pot along with the grape leaves.
Place the dolmades seam side down and very close together over the bed of leaves. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
Pour the olive oil and lemon juice over the dolmades.
Place the remaining reserved small leaves over the dolmades.
Pour the water or chicken stock over the dolmades.
Place an inverted plate over the dolmades to weigh them down and to prevent them from moving around and opening while cooking.
Cover with lid and bring to a boil.
Reduce to a simmer and cook about 45 minutes or until tender.
Carefully strain the liquid out of the pot into a pitcher. There should be 3 cups of liquid. Add more water or chicken broth if there’s not enough. Place the broth in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
Combine the egg yolks, cornstarch, lemon juice, and dill in a small bowl and whisk together until smooth.
Add some of the hot broth to the eggs and whisk well to temper.
Add the egg mixture to the pot and whisk to combine. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook 2-3 minutes or until slightly thickened.
Either pour the sauce over the dolmades or pour some over them and serve the remaining sauce in a gravy boat alongside the dolmades with some lemon wedges.
Enjoy!
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Baked Meat Stuffed Eggplant
I recall having a version of this dish in Greece, and I am sure the Greeks brought it to Sicily, and I am sure the Sicilians brought it to America. I have found it at weddings and on the menus of Italian restaurants across America. It is a great dish for a large party and for a buffet table. I like it best hot out of the oven, but it is also good at room temperature. Buon Gusto!
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Greek yemista | Greek stuffed vegetables recipe – Cooked By Alexandra
Yemista is a classic Greek dish where vegetables are hollowed and filled with a spiced rice and meat mixture and slow roasted. You can omit the meat for a vegan option. What’s great about yemista is that they’re made with seasonal vegetables. Today I used tomatoes to make my yemista. I also added some potatoes. I like adding potatoes because they take on the beautiful and sweet flavours of the yemista as they cook.
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Ingredients
• 1kg potatoes, peeled & quartered
• 12 tomatoes
• Extra virgin olive oil
• 1 brown onion, finely diced
• 3 garlic cloves, finely diced
• 250g beef mince
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tsp beef stock dissolved in 1/2 cups of boiling water
• 180g long grain rice, washed & drained
• 2 bay leaves
• Salt, to taste
• Pepper, to taste
• Bunch of parsley, finely chopped
• 200ml water
Method
For the potatoes
1. Bring a medium size pot of water to a boil and add potatoes. Boil for 10 minutes. Drain potatoes and place them in a large bowl. Add salt, pepper, oregano and a good drizzle of oil and gently toss.
For the yemista
1. Prepare the tomatoes by cutting off 3mm of the top of the tomatoes. Use a spoon to scoop out the pulp of the tomato and place pulp into a bowl. Leave the outer layer of tomato intact as this will help hold the filling. Roughly chop the large pieces of tomato pulp. Set aside the tomato pulp which will be used to make the filling. Keep the lids and tomatoes together. Place the hollowed tomatoes in a 30x25cm baking dish.
2. Heat a large pan over medium heat. Add a drizzle of olive oil. Add the olive oil and garlic and sauté until golden.
3. Add the mince and break it up into smaller pieces with a wooden spoon. Brown on both sides. Add salt and pepper once the mince is cooked.
4. Add cumin, cinnamon, tomato paste, beef stock, rice, the tomato pulp and bay leaves. Cook over low heat and simmer 5 minutes while stirring occasionally. The rice does not need to be cooked as it will continue to cook in the oven. Turn off heat and add parsley. Check the seasoning and add salt and pepper to taste.
5. Drizzle the tomatoes with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
6. Scoop the rice mixture into the tomatoes and fill just before the top of the tomatoes as the rice will expand in the oven. Place the lids of the tomatoes back on the tomatoes. Add 200ml of water or enough to cover the base of the baking dish. Cover with baking paper and alfoil. Bake at 180ºC for an hour.
7. After 1 hour, remove from oven and bake at 200ºC for 20 minutes to colour the tomatoes and the potatoes.
8. Serve with a Greek salad.
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Greek Dolmades - Stuffed Vine Leaves | Akis Petretzikis
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