Eggplant stuffed with Moroccan lamb

[austin87]

There's a Moroccan spot by my house that makes a great stuffed eggplant. I think theirs is baked in a pan with tomato sauce on the bottom but I wanted to do a grill version. Here's my take:

Cut a long, cylindrical eggplant in half and scoop out the middle, leaving a 1/2" of flesh on each side. Put the scooped out flesh in boiling water and cook for 10 minutes. Set up grill for indirect heat 350-450 degrees.

In the meantime, sauté a pound of ground lamb in a skillet with a little olive oil. Once mostly browned, add diced onion. Cook until onion is soft, then add tomato paste, a little red wine, salt and pepper, and ras al hanout (translates to "top of the shelf" it's a blend of a bunch of spices). Stir to combine and reduce heat. Lamb should be in a thick reddish orange sauce.

Drain your boiled eggplant and finely chop, stir into lamb mixture. Spoon generously into hollowed eggplant halves.



I chose to split the baskets with a drip pan in the middle. I put 5 unlit Stubbs briqs in each basket and split a full mini chimney between them.



Cook until eggplant is tender and meat is browned on top



At this point I added some mozzarella cheese because I had it and I like cheese, but it's not really Moroccan.

Off the grill



And plated with some salad that had green onion, carrot, and red onion with a homemade lemon juice, olive oil, and garlic dressing with a touch of agave nectar to cut the tartness of the lemons.



Thanks for looking!

[Jon]

Nice. That looks like great food.

[Shoestringshop]

Nice cook! Never would of thought of it, but will try it the wife likes egg plant and lamb.

[austin87]

I used a regular old eggplant but after talking with my girlfriend I think the restaurant near me uses Chinese eggplant. They are a little smaller and have a long, thin shape and I think they are a little more tender. Next time I might get 2 or 3 of those rather than one large regular eggplant.

[SixZeroFour]

So how was it?!?!? ... My eyes tell me very good

Super creative and the end result looks excellent!

[Idahawk]

  I love eggplant , not a lamb fan , but then again I haven't tried it since the Easter Debacle of 1971 .

Never the less I'm all over taking recipes and making them grillable , great job man ! 


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[MikeRocksTheRed]

Great cook.  Adding it to my to do list for sure.  My GF told me last night she is tired of pork and chicken, so some lamb is definitely on my radar!

[austin87]

  I love eggplant , not a lamb fan , but then again I haven't tried it since the Easter Debacle of 1971 .

Never the less I'm all over taking recipes and making them grillable , great job man ! 

@Idahawk you could totally use ground beef or ground turkey. Or skip the Moroccan seasoning and I bet Italian sausage would be really good too.

[MrHoss]

Looks good Austin.

And uhhhhh..........

.........I haven't tried it since the Easter Debacle of 1971 . 

Holy crap Idahawk that must have been some incident if you are holding onto it this long.

[Idahawk]

Looks good Austin.

And uhhhhh..........

.........I haven't tried it since the Easter Debacle of 1971 . 

Holy crap Idahawk that must have been some incident if you are holding onto it this long.

Not really, just a quirk

   When your a kid and the adults tell you that when you eat lamb you can put jelly on it , you get pretty excited . Only it's nasty ass mint jelly and along with the rich gamey taste of the lamb , it wasn't something many 5 year olds would eat and like .
To this day the smell of Lamb gags me ....just one of those things lol



 




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[WNC]

Great looking plate Austin! This is something my wife would love for me to make, as we have been cutting out carbs.
We did stuffed peppers the other day, but with ground sausage, I bet that would work well in the eggplant too.