Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, eggplant gratin. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Tender slices of eggplant, layers of tomatoes and chunks of tangy goat cheese are a quick and easy side dish Eggplant Gratin. Recipe adapted from 'Dinner: Changing the Game,' by Melissa Clark. A delicious eggplant gratin where eggplant is stuffed with tomatoes and bell peppers and baked in a creamy cheese Nutritional Information.
Eggplant Gratin is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Eggplant Gratin is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have eggplant gratin using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Eggplant Gratin:
- Take 1 large eggplant
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon pepper and salt to taste
- Take 1 cup marinara sauce, I used mine available in my profile or in search
- Prepare 12 slices pepperoni
- Get 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons freshly grated romano cheese, divided use
- Prepare 1/4 cup ricotta cheese
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon italian seasoning spice blend
- Take 1 large egg
- Make ready 1 teaspoon hot sauce, such as franks brand
- Prepare 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Take 3 green onions, sliced
- Get 1/2 cup italian four cheese blend, shredded
- Prepare 1/4 cup heavy cream
Recipe for Eggplant-Tomato Gratin from Heart & Soul in the Kitchen by Jacques Pépin. Eggplant-Tomato Gratin (Wendy Goodfriend). "When my garden is producing in full summer, I love. Eggplant Gratin recipe: The skin of eggplant contains an Coat eggplant with shallots with lard and season with S&P. Japanese eggplants are longer and more narrow than the globe eggplants most of us are familiar with, so the slices are more manageable in the gratin.
Steps to make Eggplant Gratin:
- Spray a baking dish with non stick spray. Preheat oven to 425
- Peel eggpant and slice crosswise into 1 inch slices
- Add pepperoni to large non stick skillet and cook on medium low until crisp, about 5 minutes. Remove and save for later
- Season slices with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in the skillet the ppepperoni was cooked in. Non stick is important to pan roasting the eggplant with very little oil. On medium heat cook eggplant slices on both sides until golden and tender. Resist the thought that you need more oil, for best flavor you want them almost dry roasted in the skillet
- While that is vooking whisk together in a bowl the ricotta cheese, egg, cream, 1/4 cup romano cheese, hot sauce , 1/4 teaspoon pepper and Italian seasoning. Blend well. Set aside
- Add a thin layer of marinara sauce to the prepared baking dish
- Layer cooked eggpant, slightly overlapping in dish
- Cover with remainig marinara sauce
- Spread ricotta cheese mixture evenly over top
- Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons romano cheese and the italian four cheese blend
- Add reserved pepperoni slices on top of cheese
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbling
But in a pinch, you can use globe eggplants. Rinse eggplant slices and pat dry. My very favorite recipe for eggplant is my Eggplant Parmesan recipe, and although I love my healthier version of it, I was craving something new. Eggplant is a common substitute for meat dishes and adds some bulk to this gratin. Like zucchini, it has a distinctive taste that many consider less bland than many vegetables.
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