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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 31 DECEMBER 2023 12 RECIPE CROSSWORD ACROSS 1) Fully stretched 5) Follower of Las Vegas or New York l 0) "The First Lady of Song" Fitzgerald 14) Knight in shining armor 15) Ragged mountain ridge 16) Chow___ (Chinese dish) 17) Verbal 18) When repeated, a Washing- ton state city 19) Firecracker sound 20) Home remodeler's test purchase, perhaps 23) Entirely 24) Contest hopeful 25) Spanish wine 28) Easily pushed around 30) Frilly fabric 31) Upper regions of space, poetically 33) Act like a thirsty cat 36) End of a threat 40) Shogun's Tokyo 41) Transportation station 42) "___ the Sons" (Gay Talese best seller) 43) Very small 44) Ra, to some 46) Jennifer, in "Dreamgirls" 49) Mexican eatery staple 51) Make round, as dough 57) Fleshy seed cover 58) Get your nose into some- one's business 59) Collection of miscellany 60) Fill to excess 61) Paving block 62) Descriptions on product boxes 63) Checked out visually 64) Gift bags from pledge drives 65) Racetrack tipster DOWN 1) Thunder god 2) Word with "space" 3) Caspian Sea tributary 4) Like 800 numbers 5) Relative of the wasp 6) Dragged fishing net 7) Race with a baton 8) "___ be a pleasure!" 9) Ringing of bells 10) Protect from floods 11) Made a vault 12) One-___ (brief joke) 13) Outraged 21) Sharer's word 22) Birthstone in a shell 25) Plum-like fruit 26) Like a Saturday crossword 27) Rebounded sound 28) Slightest amount 29) Amazonian underwater shocker 31) See from afar 32) Seesaw quorum 33) Reaching into the past, as a memory 34) Like some singing voices 35) Proceed slowly but surely 37) Fond farewell 38) Place to hibernate 39) Quick, open-topped auto- mobile 43) Used a hoe 44) Isn't on the level 45) Dos Passos trilogy 46) Backspace through 47) Sudden invasion 48) Top-___ golf balls 49) Treat with haughty disdain 50) Make amends (for) 52) Hissed "Over here!" 53) A fan of 54) By the same token 55) In___ of (rather than) 56) Hopelessly confused F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Cloudy Visibility Good Wind Variable force 2 to 3 Sea Slight TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER CLOUDY PARTLY CLOUDY 19 / 13 0 19 0 / 13 0 FEELS LIKE 19 0 FEELS LIKE 19 0 Brunġiel Mimli – Maltese Stuffed Aubergines 1. Start by roasting the aubergines. Preheat the oven to 180°C or 350°F. Cut the aubergines in half lengthwise and score the inside by creating a crosshatch pattern. Be careful not to pierce the skin. Salt and oil the flesh. Bake for 40 minutes. 2. While the aubergines are baking, prepare the sauce. In a large pan, heat the olive oil and cook the onion for about 5 minutes. Once cooked add the garlic and let cook for another 5 minutes. 3. As soon as the onions and garlic are cooked, add the curry powder, cayenne powder, cinnamon, and tomato concentrate. Cook for about 3 minutes. 4. Break the minced meat, add it to the pan and let it cook. Season with salt and pepper. 5. Add the tomato passata and mix everything together. Let it simmer on low heat. 6. Once the aubergines are ready, take them out from the oven and let them cool slightly. Scoop the flesh of the aubergines, chop it up roughly and add to the sauce. 7. Stuff the emptied aubergines with sauce. Sprinkle with the grated parmesan cheese. Bake the stuffed aubergines until they are nicely brown in a 200°C or 430°F oven. 8. Take them out from the oven and let them rest slightly before serving. INGREDIENTS METHOD • 3 aubergines medi- um sized • 500 g minced meat • 1 tbsp curry powder • 1 tsp cayenne pepper • 1 tsp cinnamon • 1 tbsp tomato con- centrate • 300 ml tomato passata • 1 white onion diced • 3 garlic cloves minced • 3 tbsp olive oil • 60 g parmesan cheese grated • Salt and pepper to taste By Yesenia Consoli from Apron & Whisk