Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, eggplant gratin. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Eggplant Gratin is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Eggplant Gratin is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
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.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook eggplant gratin using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Eggplant Gratin:
- Get 1 large eggplant
- Take 1/2 teaspoon pepper and salt to taste
- Take 1 cup marinara sauce, I used mine available in my profile or in search
- Take 12 slices pepperoni
- Prepare 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons freshly grated romano cheese, divided use
- Prepare 1/4 cup ricotta cheese
- Get 1/2 teaspoon italian seasoning spice blend
- Prepare 1 large egg
- Make ready 1 teaspoon hot sauce, such as franks brand
- Make ready 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Make ready 3 green onions, sliced
- Prepare 1/2 cup italian four cheese blend, shredded
- Prepare 1/4 cup heavy cream
Rinse eggplant slices and pat dry. 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. But in a pinch, you can use globe eggplants. A very easy vegetarian side dish for any occasion, so easy to make.
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
It requires no cooking skills, just few good quality products. You can make it as well. Eggplant Gratin recipe: The skin of eggplant contains an Coat eggplant with shallots with lard and season with S&P. Eggplant dishes are usually heartier than other vegetable based recipes. Eggplant is a common substitute for meat dishes and adds some bulk to this gratin.
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