[Northkeep] Revel Hot Dogs

[Hugh & Belinda Niewoehner]

On 10/21/2011 10:35 AM, Jennifer Carlson wrote:
> Sheik al' Mishi
Sounds good!

Ismet

Recipe courtesy of

http://www.habeeb.com/Vegetarian-and-Lebanese-recipes.07.html


  Eggplant Stuffed with Meat
  SHEIKH EL MAHSHI BATINJAAN

Authentic Lebanese Recipe
20 small cylindrical eggplant
1 1/2 cups minced lamb or beef
1/4 cup pine nuts
3/4 cup minced onions
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 1/2 cups fresh tomato juice, or diluted tomato paste
1 cup water
1 cup (or more) samneh, (or other shortening)

Clean eggplant and trim stems to about half an inch. Do no remove hulls. 
Partially peel, leaving lengthwise strips of alternating peel and flesh. 
Fry eggplant until soft in hot samneh. Drain into shallow baking pan or 
pyrex baking dish. Fry chopped onions in samneh until yellow. Add meat, 
pine nuts, salt and pepper and fry until meat is well done. Slit each 
eggplant lengthwise to form a pocket. Gently press several spoonfuls of 
stuffing into the slits. Cover with tomato juice, sprinkle with salt and 
pepper. Simmer on top of stove 15 minutes and then bake 15 minutes in 
hot oven to brown the tops. Serve hot in the baking dish. Good with 
Lebanese rice.