Baked lamb patties and eggplant

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Unpeeled eggplant; medium
Salt
1 Egg
½ cup Soft bread crumbs
1 teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Oregano
½ cup Chopped ripe olives
1 Clove garlic; minced or pressed
¼ cup Grated Parmesan cheese
1½ pounds Ground lamb
⅓ cup Olive oil
6 slices Tomato
1 cup Monterey jack cheese; shredded

Directions

Cut unpeeled medium eggplant, crosswise into 6 slices, ¾" thick. Spread on paper towel. Sprinkle well with salt. Let stand for 20 minutes. Blot surface with paper towels. Beat egg. Add soft bread crumbs, salt, oregano, olives, garlic and Parmesan cheese. Stir in gorund lamb. Shape into 6 patties the size of eggplant slices. Brown eggplant in hot olive oil.

Transfer as they brown to 13x9" pan. Top weach with raw lamb patty, then a slice of tomato. Top with shredded Monterey Jack cheese. Bake at 450 F.

until lamb is cooked and cheese melted and brown, 20-25 minutes.

Serving Ideas : Serve in or with pita bread.

NOTES : Can halve or double recipe.

Recipe by: Unknown magazine article Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #986 by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@...> on Jan 06, 1998

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