Mmmm, it was a total success! I ended up curing it for about 4 hours, and yeah it looked all brown and stuff.
Here's the recipe, I'll post pictures later, but I didn't make it look pretty or anything.
3 medium-sized eggplants, sliced in half lengthwise
salt
1/2C + 3T extra virgin olive oil
3 medium onions, finely chopped
1 lb ground beef (I used ground turkey because it was what we had)
4 tomatoes cut into cubes and 2 tomatoes thinly sliced
freshly-ground pepper
1 C water
1 T finely chopped parsley (The recipe doesn't say what to do with this, so I skipped this)
Make several deep cuts in the eggplants. Place in colander. Sprinkle with salt and led drain 1 hr. Heat 1/2 C oil in large skillet over medium heat. Fry eggplants for 10-15 min or until the flesh has softened. Drain well on paper towels. Heat remaining 3T of oil in large frying pan over medium heat. Saute onions for 8-10 minutes or until lightly brown. Add ground beef and brown over high heat for 5 minutes. Add cubed tomatoes, salt and pepper. Lower heat and let simmer 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400* and arrange eggplants in a large baking dish. Spoon the meat sauce into the cuts on the eggplants. Cover with tomato slices. Pour water into the pan and bake for 15-20 minutes or until tender.
