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Meulemeester eggs

 

Eggplant rolls

  • 5 EGGS
  • 100 GRAMPRAWNS
  • 1 CUP CREAM
  • HANDFUL PARSLEY, cut
  • 1 TSP MUSTARD
  • 40 GRAM BUTTER
  • 4 SLICES OF CHEESE
 
  • 1 EGGPLANT, lengthwise in thin slices
  • 75 GRAM SOFT GOAT CHEESE
  • 1 TOMATO, chopped
  • HANDFUL MINT LEAVES, chopped
  • 1 TBSP PINE NUTS
  • 1 RED CHILI, chopped
  • 2 TBSP OLIVE OIL

Boil 3 eggs for 8 minutes, peel them and cut them in pieces. Melt the butter, add the eggs, the mustard, the parsley and the cream and pepper and salt tot taste. Split the last two eggs. Mix the cream with the 2 egg yolks and add this to the prawn mixture, stir well. Heat slowly until the sauce starts to thicken. Don't cook. Put this mixture in 4 small oven pots and put a slice of cheese on top. Bake 10 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.

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Sprinkle the eggplant slices with olive oil and grill or fry them for a few minutes on both sides. Mix the remaining ingredients and distribute this over the slices. Roll them up and stick a tooth pick in.

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