Ingredients

1 tb sp vegetable oil
6 cloves garlic
4 veal steaks or chops
2 tsp finely chopped grated lemon rind
1 tb sp chopped fresh thyme
1 eggplant, cut into matchsticks
1/4 cup red wine
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 tb sp chopped fresh basil
freshly ground black pepper.

Method

Heat half the oil in a nonstick pan over a low heat. Add garlic and cook,
stirring until golden and soft. Remove garlic from pan and set aside.

Increase heat to high, add veal, lemon rind and thyme and cook veal for 1/1.5 minutes each side. remove steaks from pan, top with garlic, set aside and
keep warm.

Heat remaining oil in frying pan over a high heat, add eggplant and stir fry
for 3 minutes. Add wine, tomatoes and basil and stir fry for 3 minutes longer
or until eggplant is tender. Season to taste with black pepper.

To serve, arrange veal, garlic and eggplant mixture on serving plates.
Serve immediately.


Serves: 4