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Stuffed Eggplants for Winter

Eggplants stuffed with onions and herbs in tomato sauce. A canned dish from Greek cuisine that keeps throughout the winter and works as an appetizer or side dish.

Total
60 min
Standard serving
968.5 g

Ingredients

Total 9

Instructions

  1. 1

    Step 1

    Prepare all ingredients for the preparation.

  2. 2

    Step 2

    Wash the eggplants and make a deep cut in the middle of each fruit with a sharp knife.

  3. 3

    Step 3

    Heat the vegetable oil until white smoke appears.

  4. 4

    Step 4

    Fry the eggplants in a portion of heated oil.

  5. 5

    Step 5

    Clean, wash and finely chop the onion. Fry it in the remaining oil for the filling.

  6. 6

    Step 6

    Sort through, wash, and finely chop the herbs.

  7. 7

    Step 7

    Add 40 g of salt to the herbs and mix with the fried onions.

  8. 8

    Step 8

    Wash the tomatoes, cut them into slices and pass through a meat grinder.

  9. 9

    Step 9

    Heat the tomato paste in an enameled pot until boiling.

  10. 10

    Step 10

    Press the tomato mass through a sieve and reduce by one third.

  11. 11

    Step 11

    Add sugar and the remaining salt. Put on heat and boil for 5–10 minutes.

  12. 12

    Step 12

    Add ground black pepper and allspice before the end of cooking. The sauce should be no lower than 80°C during packaging.

  13. 13

    Step 13

    Stuff the eggplants with the prepared mixture of onions and herbs. Arrange on a baking sheet.

  14. 14

    Step 14

    Pour tomato sauce into jars in a layer of 1–2 cm.

  15. 15

    Step 15

    Place the stuffed eggplants in jars (3–4 pieces per jar) and pour hot sauce over them.

  16. 16

    Step 16

    Cover the jars with boiled lids and roll them up slightly.

  17. 17

    Step 17

    Place the jars in a container with water at a temperature of 60–70°C. Sterilize half-liter jars for 60 minutes, liter jars for 100 minutes.

  18. 18

    Step 18

    Seal the jars tightly after sterilization. Turn them upside down and let cool.

  19. 19

    Step 19

    Store the jars with eggplants in a cool place.

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