The original Greek dish "Paputzakya" (translated as "shoes") is prepared with the very popular Bechamel sauce, and here it acts as Besamel cream. This cream is used in the following dishes: "Pastizio" - casserole with pasta and minced meat, "Musakas" - casserole with potatoes, eggplant and fried minced meat with spices.
It is necessary
- - 4 things. eggplant;
- - 3 tbsp. tablespoons of flour;
- - 1-2 tbsp. tablespoons of tomato paste;
- - 1 bunch of parsley;
- - 1, 5 glasses of milk;
- - 1 PC. Luke;
- - 500 g minced meat (beef, pork - 1: 1);
- - 3 tbsp. tablespoons of butter (for cream);
- - vegetable oil (for frying eggplant);
- - salt;
- - black pepper;
Instructions
Step 1
Wash the eggplants, cut in half and make criss-cross cuts on them, salt, and leave to remove the bitterness.
Step 2
Then rinse the eggplants thoroughly from salt, wipe with a paper towel and fry on both sides. Place them in a convenient baking dish in the oven.
Step 3
Fry finely chopped onions in olive oil, add minced meat, stirring constantly, then tomato paste, salt, pepper, parsley, add a little water and leave to simmer until the liquid has completely evaporated. Use a spoon to make a depression in the eggplant and place the minced meat in it.
Step 4
Prepare Besamel Cream. After melting the butter, fry the flour in it, add hot milk, salt and stir continuously with a whisk so that there are no lumps. When the cream starts to bubble, it is ready.
Step 5
Put the cooled cream in a piping bag with any attachment and spread the eggplant over the entire surface. Pour 0.5 coffee cups of water carefully into the bottom of the shoe mold and bake at 225-250 ° C until a beautiful golden crust is formed at the cream.
