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• Recipe Overview
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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Slice each eggplant in half lengthwise. With a spoon remove the flesh from the center of the eggplant halves, leaving a ¼ inch rim around each. 100 g of the scooped out flesh chop in a food processor. Set aside. | 2. Grease the scooped out aubergine halves inside and outside with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and season with salt. Place them on a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 200 ° Celsius Remove from the oven, set aside. | 3. Sauté onion and garlic in 1 tablespoon olive oil, stirring occasionally, for 4-5 minutes until soft. Add the chopped eggplant flesh and continue to sauté for 5 minutes until the eggplant pieces are soft. If necessary, add a little water. | 4. Add sliced green peppers, sauté for 5 minutes until tender. | 5. Add tuna chunks and cooked bulgur. Break down larger tuna chunks, stir the mixture to combine. | 6. Add thyme and basil leaves, sea salt, pepper and lemon zest, mix to combine. | 7. Stuff evenly the scooped out eggplant halves with the tuna and bulgur mixture. Sprinkle with grated Grana Padano or Parmesan cheese and the remaining olive oil. Bake in the oven at 200°C for about 10 minutes until cheese becomes golden-brown. | 8. Serve hot or at room temperature. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
eggplant	1400			-	-	-	-
olive oil	4	tablespoons	divided	477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic clove	6		chopped	-	-	-	-
green bell pepper	200		cut	-	-	-	-
tuna	260		canned drained	-	-	-	-
bulgur	1/3	cup	cooked	159.6	35.406	5.7353	0.6207
thyme leave				-	-	-	-
basil			chopped	-	-	-	-
sea salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1	teaspoon		5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
lemon	1/2		grated	0.6404	0.2058	0.0243	0.0066
parmesan cheese	8	tablespoons	grated	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0

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