A recipe for a melty eggplant meat sauce that's easy to make with refrigerator leftovers. Savory sausages transform into a gourmet ground meat substitute, and the sweetness of the onions and the umami of the tomatoes meld perfectly with the eggplant. This is a simple and exquisite side dish finished in the toaster oven.
Ingredients
Main Ingredients (2 servings)
- Eggplant 3 pcs
- Tomato 1 pc
- Onion 1/8 - 1/4 pc
- Sausages 4 pcs
- Pizza Cheese (as needed)
- Parsley (as needed)
Seasonings
- Ketchup 1 tbsp
- Olive Oil (as needed)
- Salt (a pinch)
- Coarse Ground Black Pepper (a pinch)
- Worcestershire Sauce (as needed)
Steps
- Add olive oil (as needed) to a frying pan.
- Remove the stems from the eggplants (3 pcs) and slice them thinly lengthwise.
- Arrange the sliced eggplants in a frying pan with olive oil and cook over medium heat until browned. [Key Tip!] Don't use too much oil; slow cooking will draw out moisture and prevent sogginess.
- Flip the eggplants and continue cooking until browned on all sides.
- Thinly slice the onion (1/8 - 1/4 pc) and cut the tomato (1 pc) into 2cm cubes.
- Sprinkle salt (a pinch) on the cooked eggplants and let it soak in.
- Beautifully arrange the salted eggplants in a heatproof dish.
- Finely mash the sausages (4 pcs) to a ground meat consistency. [Key Tip!] Mashing the sausages makes them resemble gourmet ground meat.
- Add the mashed sausages and sliced onions to a frying pan and sauté. [Key Tip!] Browning the onions brings out their sweetness, and searing the sausages adds flavor.
- Once the sausages and onions are sautéed, add the chopped tomatoes and ketchup (1 tbsp). Cook until the ketchup thickens, simmering it down.
- Taste and adjust seasoning with salt or Worcestershire sauce if necessary.
- Generously spoon the prepared meat sauce over the arranged eggplants.
- Top the meat sauce with pizza cheese (as needed).
- Place in the toaster oven and heat until the cheese is golden brown and bubbly.
- Garnish with coarse ground black pepper (a pinch) and parsley as desired, then serve.
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