gentle oven for 10 minutes.
AUBERGINE DOLMAS (a Turkish and
Middle Eastern dish)
8 small round aubergines (or 4 large
ones), a cupful of cooked rice, ¼ lb of
minced mutton (either raw or cooked),
2 tomatoes, salt, pepper, onions, lemon
juice, herbs, a few pine nuts or
walnuts, olive oil.
Mix the cooked rice with the
well-seasoned meat, a chopped
fried onion or two, the chopped
tomatoes, and some marjoram,
mint, or basil.
Cut about an inch off the thin
end of the aubergines, and with a
small spoon scoop out most of the