By: EatingWell
Photographer: Burris, Ken
Publish Date: 2008-11-01
Servings: 2
Yield: 2 servings
Total Time: 25 minutes
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Recipe Description:
Lamb and eggplant are combined in dishes throughout the Mediterranean. Together they deliver a complex, hearty, earthy flavor that's truly satisfying. In this dish, toasted pine nuts and tangy feta cheese are excellent accents.
Recipe Ingredients:
- 4 ounces whole-wheat rigatoni or penne
- 4 ounces ground lamb or lean ground beef
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon fennel seed
- 1 1/2 cups diced eggplant
- 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 8-ounce can no-salt-added tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup red wine
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1 teaspoon pine nuts, toasted (see Tip)
- 1/4 cup crumbled feta, (optional)
Recipe Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook pasta 8 to 10 minutes or according to package directions.
- Meanwhile, cook lamb (or beef), garlic and fennel seed in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, breaking up the meat with the back of a spoon, until the lamb (or beef) is browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Add eggplant and oil; cook, stirring occasionally, until the eggplant browns, about 4 minutes. Add tomato sauce and wine; cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens, about 3 minutes. Stir in oregano, salt and pepper.
- Drain the pasta; serve topped with the sauce and sprinkled with pine nuts and feta, if using.
Recipe Tips & Notes:
- Tip: To toast pine nuts: Cook in a dry skillet over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant and lightly browned, 2 to 4 minutes.
Recipe Nutrition:
Per serving: 422 calories; 10 g fat (3 g saturated fat, 4g mono unsaturated fat); 37 mg cholesterol; 57 g carbohydrates; 20 g protein; 10 g fiber; 343 mg sodium; 795 mg potassium
Nutrtion Bonus: Vitamin C (30% daily value), Vitamin A (25% dv), Magnesium (24% dv), Potassium (23% dv).
Exchanges: 3 starch, 2 vegetable, 2 medium fat meat
Recipe Categories:
- Course(s)
- Dinner
- Cuisine(s)
- Mediterranean
- Degree of Difficulty
- Easy
- Special Health Consideration(s)
- High Fiber
- Low Sat Fat
- Low Cholesterol
- Low Sodium
- High Potassium
- Heart Healthy
- Seasons & Occassions
- Winter
- Fall
- Summer
- Spring
- Entertainment
- Main Ingredient(s)
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- Meat
- Beef
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- Dairy & Soy
- Cheese
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- Meat
- Lamb
- Technique(s)
- Saute
- Quick
- Dish Type(s)
- Main Dish
Recipe Disclaimer(s):
Scaling Disclaimer: EatingWell recipes are tested extensively in the EatingWell Test Kitchen. Eating Well cannot guarantee a recipe that has been scaled to make a different number of servings from the original. Also note that scaling only applies to the ingredient measurements: no adjustment is made to the recipe instructions, so pan sizes and cooking times and ingredient amounts referred to in the text of the recipe only apply to the original number of servings.
