Eggplant parmasian recipe How to prepare
Eggplant parmasian recipe Ingredients
Spicy Tomato Sauce:
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup black olives, pitted and roughly chopped
• 1 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes
• 3 tablespoons capers, drained
• 2 (28-ounce) cans tomatoes (recommended: San Marzano), crushed by
hand
• 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, hand torn
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 4 cups dried bread crumbs
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 5 eggs
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• Extra-virgin olive oil
• 4 pounds medium eggplants, trimmed and cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick
slices
• 2 pounds whole milk ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
• 1 1/4 cups freshly grated Parmigiano-Romano
• 2 pounds shredded mozzarella cheese
First make the sauce: Put a large saucepan over medium heat and add
the olive oil. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute. Add the olives, red
pepper flakes, and capers, and let that cook for 2 minutes, stirring
often. Toss in the tomatoes with their juices and bring to a low simmer.
Stir in the basil and season with salt and pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Remove from the heat and set aside.
Combine the bread crumbs, garlic powder, and oregano in a shallow
bowl; season generously with salt and pepper and mix well. Crack 3
of the eggs into another shallow bowl; season with salt and pepper
and beat with a fork to mix. Put the flour in another shallow bowl
and season with salt and pepper. Arrange the eggplant, flour, beaten
eggs, and bread crumbs on a work surface near the stove.
Heat about 1/4-inch olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
When the oil is hot, dredge several eggplant slices first in the flour,
then dip them in the egg, and finally coat them in the bread crumbs.
Put as many eggplant in the skillet as will fit comfortably in a single
layer and cook until tender and well browned on both sides. Drain
on paper towels. Cook all of the eggplant slices this way, adding
more olive oil to the pan as needed.
Stir together the ricotta and 1/2 cup of the Parmigiano cheese. Stir
in the basil and remaining 2 eggs, and season with salt and pepper.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
To assemble the dish, first get yourself set up with a large, buttered
baking dish. Have ready the eggplant, the ricotta mixture, the tomato
sauce, the shredded mozzarella cheese and the remaining 3/4 cup grated
Parmigiano. To start, spoon some of the tomato sauce over the bottom
of the baking dish. Now add a layer of eggplant. Spread with half
of the ricotta mixture. Spoon another layer of tomato sauce over and
sprinkle with about one-third of the mozzarella. Repeat with a layer
of eggplant, the rest of the ricotta, tomato sauce, and another third
of the mozzarella. Finish with the rest of the eggplant, the rest
of the tomato sauce, and the rest of the mozzarella. Sprinkle with
the 3/4 cup Parmigiano.
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