Italian style ground beef, tomatoes and eggplant dish

2 eggplants (slices)

1 medium onion

500-600gr grounded beef

3 cloves garlic

oregano, thyme, basil- 1 t.s. each

3 large tomatoes

2 tb.s. balsamic venigar

tomato paste and pepper paste, dissolved in 1 cup water

mint







Fry onion, add meat, wait, until brownish, add garlic, herbs and tomatoes. Cook for several minutes, season, add venigar and tomato paste water (half a cup).

Oven 190, place slices of eggplant in ovenproof dish, sprinkle with olive oil and bake until tender, 20 minutes. Now put meat with vegetables on top of eggplants and bake at 175C , sprinkle with some cheese on top, if desired.

When ready, serve with fresh mint.