Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, fresh eggplant parmesan. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Fresh Eggplant Parmesan is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Fresh Eggplant Parmesan is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
Transfer eggplant to a work surface and blot very dry with paper towels. In a large bowl, whisk together. Now add all the pasta in a layer and then layer on the rest of the sauce. Add the breaded eggplant slices in a layer on top of the sauce and finally top with fresh shredded Parmesan cheese.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook fresh eggplant parmesan using 7 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Fresh Eggplant Parmesan:
- Get 2 large Eggplants
- Make ready 1 lb Fresh mozzarella cheese
- Take 24 oz Jar of garlic and herb tomato sauce
- Make ready 2 bunch Fresh basil (chopped)
- Prepare 2 cup Fresh grated Parmesan cheese
- Make ready 3/4 cup Fresh bread crumbs (lightly toasted)
- Get 2 tbsp Pre-grated Parmesan cheese (you know, the shaky kind)
Spoon on a cup of the tomato sauce, half the mozzarella, and some of the Parmesan cheese. Add another layer of the eggplant, sauce, mozzarella, and Parmesan. Slice the eggplants ¼ - ½ inch thick. When you are ready to cook the eggplant, heat about ½ inch of olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat.
Steps to make Fresh Eggplant Parmesan:
- Pre heat oven to 450
- Cut each eggplant into 6 1-1 1/2 inch slices
- Drizzle some olive oil onto a baking sheet and place each each slice of eggplant on it, lightly salt and pepper the top and bake for about 15 minutes or until the eggplant is a deep brown color.
- Meanwhile, chop your fresh basil, cut your mozzarella into 1/8 inch slices and grate your Parmesan cheese.
- Place your baked eggplant on a dish to cool for about 10 min and reduce oven temp to 350
- Place the biggest 6 slices of eggplant on the bottom of a 8x12 inch baking pan. Spoon about 2 heaping tablespoons of sauce on each slice then sprinkle your fresh basil, top that with your mozzarella slices and then the fresh Parmesan.
- Place the other six slices of eggplant on top of the the first ones and repeat the layers of sauce, basil and cheeses.
- In a small bowl combine the pre-grated (shaky) Parmesan with the fresh bread crumbs and sprinkle over top of the dish.
- Bake for 30 min uncovered or until cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Dish is ready to serve
Slice the eggplants ¼ - ½ inch thick. When you are ready to cook the eggplant, heat about ½ inch of olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Pat the eggplant slices dry to remove any excess moisture. Eggplant parmesan is one of those great Italian comfort foods—a layered casserole much like lasagna but with slices of globe eggplant taking the place of pasta. The two things to keep in mind when cooking eggplant, especially firm globe eggplants, is that not only do eggplants hold onto moisture, they also absorb oil like a sponge.
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