Stuffed Eggplant

I love eggplant and have one small plant in my garden. This eggplant only gets to about 10 inches which is perfect for stuffed eggplant. You don't want to use the big ones. Those work for other dishes such as eggplant parmigiana. I only had one grow and had to pick and use it. so here is my one eggplant, lol.

I first cut it lengthwise and cut the top off just under the leaves and stem. I cut and scraped out the middle and diced it up.

I took one hot Italian. sausage link and browned it up.

After the sausage was cooked and browned I added the diced eggplant and 2 cloves of garlic.

once that was cooked I turned it off. I then chopped some Italian parsley, and about 6 large Basil leaves off of my Basil plant.

I beat 1 egg in a bowl

Added the eggplant and sausage mixture from the pan.

I added about a half cup of breadcrumbs. Stirred it up. You don't want it eggy, and you don't want it too dry that the breadcrumbs look dry. This picture is when I added the breadcrumbs before I stirred it completely. It shouldn't look that dry.

I added the parsley and basil.

Then about a tablespoon of parmesan cheese.

I stuffed the eggplant and used all of the stuffing. I just mounded it on there and it stuck together.

stirred it up good. added salt and pepper. and then stuffed the eggplant.

I sprinkled the top with parmesan cheese. Baked in 350-degree oven for 30 minutes.

Enjoy!

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