Eggplant Parmigiana Tower
This simple recipe is the perfect occasion to start your dinner or lunch with a light and delicious apetizer. The most important thing is to use fresh product and pay attention to the oven temperature and cooking time.
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Servings: 4 people
Calories: 133kcal
Cost: $15
Equipment
1 oven
Ingredients
- 1 kg of eggplant
- 600 gr of tomato sauce
- 80 gr of grated parmesan
- 350 gr of mozzarella
- Flour to fry
- Fresh basil
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 onion
- Salt to taste
- Oil to fry
Instructions
- Cut the eggplant into 4 - 5 mm slices, place them in a colander with coarse salt and place a weight on it so that the bitter water of the vegetable comes out. Leave them like this for 30 - 60 minutes then rinse them under fresh water till the salt and the bitter water residue has gone away.
- Slice the onion finely, fry it with 4 to 5 tablespoon of oil, add the tomato sauce, a few leaves of basil and leave it to cook at low heat for about 20 minutes. Add salt and if the tomato is sour, correct by adding a half teaspoon of sugar.
- Cut the mozzarella into slices and let them lose water too.
- At this point take the eggplant, dab with absorbent paper, flour and fry them in hot oil, then always place them on absorbent paper.
- Take an ovenproof dish, start to spread a couple of ladles of tomato sauce and place the first layer of eggplant slices without leaving any spaces.
- Add parmesan cheese, a few leaves of chopped basil, mozzarella and salt.
- Repeat the process finishing with the eggplant, tomato sauce, a good sprinkling of parmesan and some basil leaves.
- Bake in a hot oven at 180°C for 30 - 40 minutes.
- To taste Parmigiana at best, let it cool down a little bit so that you can fully savor all flavors.
- You can serve Parimigiana as an appetizer cutting it with a pastry cutter, or as a main dish.
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Notes
If you want to make the light version, instead of frying the eggplant, cook them on the plate or on the grill.
Nutrition
Calories: 133kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 13g | Saturated Fat: 0.003g | Sodium: 0.3mg | Potassium: 10mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 0.1IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.01mg
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