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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cut the aubergines in half lenghtwise. Score the flesh and cook in a frying pan with 3 tbsp oil, flesh side down for 5-6 minutes. | 2. Cool then dig out the centre taking care not to break the skin. Take the flesh and chop into small chunks. | 3. saute the onions in 2 tbsp oil, when soft add the meat and after 4 minutes add the tomatoes, aubergine flesh and cognac. Season and cook for 3 minutes. Ad the herbs. | 4. In a small pan cook the butter together with the flour for a minute, then add the warmed milk and with the help of a whisk cook for 4 minutes to make a bechamel sauce. Set aside and add half the gruyere to the bechamel as well as the juice of half a lemon. Season with salt and pepper and a pinch of nutmeg. | 5. When it cools to just warm add the egg and mix. | 6. Fill the aubergine boat, alternating with layers of meat and bechamel, then finishing with a good sprinkling of grated gruyere. | 7. Bake in a preheated oven at 220C. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
aubergine	2			-	-	-	-
beef	200		minced	106080.2406	0.0	20916.8474	2438.9389
onion	2		chopped	128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
gruyere	100			54516.0	47.52	3934.92	4268.88
flour	30			17348.4	3798.1620000000003	282.03	67.308
lemon	1			1.2808	0.4116	0.0486	0.0132
milk	300			44652.0	3498.96	2305.8	2393.64
tomato	4	tablespoons	chopped	6.705	1.449	0.3278	0.0745
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
nutmeg				-	-	-	-
fennel	1	tablespoon	chopped	1.6856	0.3969	0.0674	0.0109
parsley	1	tablespoon	chopped	1.368	0.2405	0.1129	0.03
cognac	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
olive oil				-	-	-	-
butter	30			2565.0	117.855	80.145	216.0
salt pepper				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.