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Vegetarian Stuffed Eggplant with Pistachio Cream

Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Servings 2 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium eggplant cut in half lengthwise
  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil divided
  • 2 cups Crimini mushrooms sliced
  • 1 cup of black beans
  • 1/2 cup green onion chopped
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 teaspoons taco seasoning homemade, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon ponzu sauce + 1/4 teaspoon
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt divided
  • 1 Tablespoon pistachio butter
  • 3 Tablespoons cashew milk
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425ºF.
  • Line a baking dish with foil or cooking spray
  • Face up, dirizzle 1 Tablespoon of olive oil evenly onto the two eggplant halves.
  • Sprinkle each with 1/8 teaspoon sea salt.
  • Turn eggplant face down onto lined baking dish.
  • Bake for about 20 minutes, or until flesh soft and skin starts to pucker.
  • While eggplant is baking put remaining Tablespoon of olive oil into a frying pan on stove at low-medium heat.
  • Add garlic, ponzu sauce and 1 teaspoon taco seasoning and heat for about 2 minutes.
  • Then add mushrooms, tomatoes and green onions and coat well, heating until aroma permeates and mushrooms, onions soft.
  • Turn off stove and cover.
  • Heat beans with a little of the juice from the can and add remaining teaspoon of taco seasoning, then set aside.
  • In a small bowl or measuring cup, whisk pistachio butter, cashew milk, 1/4 teaspoon ponzu sauce and garlic powder until well incorporated and the consistency of a thickened sauce.
  • Remove roasted eggplant from oven.
  • Fill each eggplant with 1/2 cup beans and top evenly with the sautéed mushroom/tomato veggie melange.
  • Drizzle one Tablespoon of the pistachio cream on top.

Notes

Note: You may scoop out some of the flesh of each eggplant half before baking to make room for the filling.