Easy eggplant soup
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tablespoon | Butter |
| 1 | tablespoon | Olive oil |
| 1 | pounds | Ground beef -- crumbled |
| 1 | large | Onion -- chopped |
| 1 | large | Garlic clove -- minced |
| 1½ | pounds | Eggplant (1 medium), |
| Unpeeled -- in 3/4-inch | ||
| Cubes | ||
| 2 | mediums | Carrots -- shredded |
| 1 | Green pepper -- in 2-inch | |
| Strips | ||
| 28 | ounces | Canned tomatoes, coarsely |
| Chopped -- liquid reserved | ||
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | teaspoon | Sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Dried basil |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground nutmeg |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Fresh ground pepper |
| 27½ | ounce | Regular-strength beef broth |
| (2 cans) | ||
| ½ | cup | Chopped parsley |
| Salt -- to taste | ||
| Grated Parmesan cheese -- | ||
| For garnish | ||
Directions
1. In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, heat butter and oil and brown beef and onion. Add garlic, eggplant, carrots, and green pepper.
Cook, stirring occasionally, until eggplant browns lightly.
2. Stir in tomatoes and their liquid, salt, sugar, basil, nutmeg, pepper, and broth. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until the eggplant is very tender (45 to 50 minutes).
3. Stir in parsley. Season with salt. Pass grated cheese at the table for garnish.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Recipe By : The California Culinary Academy File