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Spicy chicken stuffed aubergines with lemon, coriander and toasted pine nut couscous
Serves: 4
2017-11-16
Ingredients
For the couscous
- 200g wholemeal organic couscous (Tipiak)
- Zest of a lemon
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
- 2 tbsp sultanas
- 2 tbsp toasted pine nuts
- Good drizzle extra virgin olive oil (Borges)
- Salt and pepper to taste
For the aubergines
- 2 aubergines
- 1 tbsp olive oil (Borges)
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 500g mixed pork and chicken mince
- 1 tsp mixed herbs
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp dried chilli flakes (AJS)
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- ½ glass water
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley and coriander
- 100g crumbled feta cheese
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Method
Start this recipe by cutting the aubergines in half horizontally and blanche in hot water for 1 minute to soften, then transfer to a baking tray. Scoop out the flesh and chop. Next, fry the onion and garlic in 1 tbsp oil for 3 minutes to soften then add in the mince and brown. Add in the chopped aubergine flesh and mixed herbs and spices and cook for 3 minutes to soften. Add in the tomato paste and cook for a minute. Add in the water and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the parsley and coriander and use this mixture to fill the 4 aubergine halves. Cook in the oven at 200`c for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, make the minted yogurt dressing by mixing together the plain yogurt, extra virgin olive oil, chopped mint and season with salt and pepper. Make up the couscous according to the instructions on the packet and mix in the remaining ingredients. When the aubergines are cooked, serve drizzled with the minted yogurt dressing, crumble over the gbejna and decorate with the pine nuts and herb leaves. Serve the lemon and coriander couscous on the side.
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Brunġiel mimli bit-tiġieġ pikkanti, ma kuksus bil-lumi, kosbor u ‘pine nuts’ mixwi
Ingredients
Għall-kuskus
- 200g kuskus organiku
- qoxra ta’ lumija
- mgħarfa kosbor frisk mqatta’
- 2 mgħaref sultana
- 2 mgħaref ‘pine nuts’
- żejt taż-żebbuġa
- melħ u bżar
Għall-brunġiel
- 2 brunġiliet
- mgħarfa żejt taż-żebbuġa
- basla mqatta’
- 2 imsiemer tal-qronfol
- 500g kapuljat tat-tiġieġ tal-majjal imħallat
- kuċċarina ħwawar imħallta
- kuċċarina kemmun mitħun
- nofs kuċċarina flakes tal-bżar aħmar
- 2 mgħaref pejst tat-tadam
- nofs tazza ilma
- mgħarfa tursin u kosbor mqatta’
- 100g ġobon feta mfarrak
Int teħtieġ ukoll
- 140ml jogurt plain
- kuċċarina nagħniegħ frisk imqatta’
- żejt taż-żebbuġa
- melħ u bżar
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