Friday, January 29, 2016

A surprise with eggplants

Three weeks ago I moved to Verona with my family and we are still
in a temporary apartment. Although I don't have my kitchen with
all my gadgets I decided to prepare a surprise dinner for my boys.
One of their favorite Italian dish: Melanzane alla parmiggiana.
And this time with genuine, local ingredients.

Eggplants parmigiana

Ingredients:
2 eggplants
1 scamorza (mozzarella cheese)
1 cup grated parmesan
600 g tomato sauce
1 clove garlic
2/3 TBS extra virgin olive oil
Pinch of origan
Salt

Rinse the eggplants, dry them and cut them vertically in thin slices.
Grill them on both sides on a cast iron pan.
Put grilled eggplants on a plate and add salt.
Meanwhile prepare a simple tomato sauce, adding
in a pot oil, garlic, tomato puree,origan and salt.
Let it cook for 20 minutes and remove from stove.
Spread some of the tomato sauce at the bottom of
A baking tray.
Make a layer of eggplants and cover them with tomato sauce than sprinkle with parmesan and mozzarella cheese.
Repeat process till all the eggplants are used.
Top it with a layer of tomato sauce and sprinkle with cheeses.
Cover the tray with aluminium foil and bake in the oven at 350 F or
180 C for half hour.
Remove aluminium foil and bake for ten minutes more.
Let it rests for 15 minutes before serving the melanzane.

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