Eggplant - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 or 2 ripe eggplant (black; look semi-rotten)
    olive oil
    Mozzarella cheese, sliced
    fresh grated Romano/Parmesan blend
    whole pear shaped tomatoes (2 cans) Italian flavored
    1 onion, chopped
    basil
    dash of sugar
    dash of salt
    fresh garlic
Preparation
    Slice eggplant\tlengthwise
    (1/4-inch slices), salt and let drain in
    colander for 20 minutes. Rinse, pat dry, arrange on cookie sheet
    and
    lightly brush with olive oil (use pastry brush).
    Broil until
    light brown;\trepeat on other side.
    Set aside.
    In a
    heavy frypan saute onions in 2 tablespoons olive oil until limp.
    Add
    2
    cloves
    garlic,
    chopped,
    both
    cans tomatoes, 2 tablespoons
    basil,
    dash
    of sugar and salt.
    Add any leftover wine in fridge and cook 15 to 20 minutes.\tCut up tomatoes if too
    large.
    In
    an
    attractive
    shallow casserole dish, dribble olive oil
    and 2 large spoonfuls of sauce on the bottom. Place one
    layer
    of eggplant covering bottom of dish. Place sliced Mozzarella
    on each slice.
    Top with fresh grated cheese and a dab of sauce.\tPlace remaining eggplant slices on top, matching sizes.
    Top
    with
    remaining\tsauce and sprinkle with grated cheese.
    Cook
    at
    350\u00b0 for 30 minutes or until it looks done.
    Serve leftovers the following day in hoagie roll, delicious!\t (with\tmayonnaise,
    lettuce,
    fresh
    tomatoes\tor plain).

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