Vegan Aubergine Boats Recipe

My Vegan Aubergine Boats Recipe

Ingredients

• 200g vegan mince
• 2 medium-sized aubergines, each cut in half lengthways and scored in a criss-cross pattern
• 2 medium-sized tomatoes
• 1 red onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• Mixed salted nuts
• Salt and pepper
• Olive oil
• 1 tbsp of tomato puree
• 1 tsp of paprika
• 1 tsp of cinnamon
• 1 tsp of turmeric
• 1-2 tsp of brown sugar – optional, to taste

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 180 Degrees Celcius.
2. Line an oven dish with baking paper.
3. Cut and score your aubergines, removing the diced aubergine from the middle of the aubergine, forming an aubergine “boat”.
4. Prepare your onion and garlic.
5. Chop your tomatoes.
6. Bake your carved aubergine boats for approx. 5 mins.
7. In the meantime, in a frying pan add olive oil on medium heat and fry onion, when it softens and browns add mincemeat and diced aubergine.
8. Fry for a couple of minutes.
9. Take out your aubergine boats from the oven and let them cool down.
10. Now add garlic, chopped tomatoes, tomato puree, salt and pepper, cinnamon, turmeric, and paprika.
11. Taste and add a little bit of sugar if needed.
12. Now add the mixture of salted nuts.
13. Now that everything is cooked, fill your aubergine boats with your cooked mince.
14. Bake your filled aubergine boats in the oven for further 5 mins.
15. Serve warm with a side salad.

Tips

• This is another versatile recipe – you can make this recipe using chicken or turkey mincemeat instead of vegan mince.
• You may wish to make courgette boats or go for bigger boats like sweet potato or butternut squash or you may choose to make filled bell peppers or beef tomatoes, you use imagination! Perhaps different spices rock your boat!
• I would love to see your creations of this dish or new inspired creations. Please share as sharing is caring.