Sheikh el Mahshi

Name: Sheikh el Mahshi
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Syrian
Ingredients: 8 baby eggplants; 400g ground lamb; 1/4 cup pine nuts; 3 cups tomato sauce

شيخ المحشي/shaykh el mah-SHEE/

About this dish

Baby eggplants stuffed with spiced minced meat and pine nuts, baked in tomato sauce.

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Ingredients

🍆8 baby eggplants

🥩400g ground lamb

🌰1/4 cup pine nuts

🍅3 cups tomato sauce

Method

Serves 2

Fry the whole baby eggplants lightly, then hollow slightly.

Cook ground lamb with onion and pine nuts for the filling.

Stuff each eggplant with the meat mixture.

Arrange in a baking dish and cover with tomato sauce.

Bake at 180°C (350°F) until the eggplant is very tender.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Sheikh el mahshi is a traditional Syrian stuffed eggplant dish, its name meaning 'king of stuffed dishes.'

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