Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, aubergine parmigiana. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Donal's aubergine parmigiana is so easy to make and tastes wonderful. It's simpler than a lasagne and lighter, too. The tomato sauce can be doubled and frozen for another easy dinner.
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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook aubergine parmigiana using 22 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Aubergine Parmigiana:
- Get Tomato Sauce:
- Make ready 1/4 Cup Alce Nero's Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil,
- Prepare Pinch Chili Flakes,
- Make ready 3 Cloves Garlic Thinly Sliced,
- Make ready Fresh Basil, 5 Whole Large Leaves
- Prepare 14 oz Canned Tomatoes Preferably Fire Roasted,
- Make ready 1/2 TSP Liquid Smoke,
- Prepare Pinch Black Pepper,
- Get Pinch Sea Salt,
- Make ready Aubergine:
- Take Eggplant, 2 Large
- Make ready Bleached All Purpose Flour, For Dredging
- Get Pinch Sea Salt,
- Prepare Pinch Black Pepper,
- Make ready Pinch Dried Mushroom Powder,
- Take 2 Eggs Lightly Beaten,
- Prepare Canola / Peanut / Grapeseed / Vegetable Oil, For Frying
- Get Assembly:
- Get Fresh Mozzarella, 1 Ball or More
- Make ready 1 Handful Fresh Basil Finely Chiffonade,
- Prepare 2 TBSP Parmigiano Reggiano Freshly Grated,
- Make ready Pinch Dried Basil,
Repeat with remaining eggplant and butter. Parmigiana (/ ˌ p ɑːr m ɪ ˈ dʒ ɑː n ə,-ˈ ʒ ɑː-/, Italian: [parmiˈdʒaːna], also called parmigiana di melanzane [parmiˈdʒaːna di melanˈdzaːne; -ˈtsaːne] or melanzane alla parmigiana, is an Italian dish made with a shallow or deep-fried sliced eggplant filling, layered with cheese and tomato sauce, then baked. The origin of the dish is claimed by both the Southern regions of. Top with a layer of the fried eggplant; the eggplant slices can overlap slightly.
Instructions to make Aubergine Parmigiana:
- Prepare the tomato sauce. - - In a skillet over low heat, add olive oil, chili, garlic and basil. - - The oil should be barely sizzling. - - If the heat is too high, the garlic and basil will burnt.
- As soon as the garlic turns light golden brown, remove from heat and transfer into a blender. - - Add in tomatoes and liquid smoke. - - Lightly blitz to form a coarse smooth sauce. - - Taste and adjust for seasonings with salt and pepper. - - Transfer into a bowl and set aside.
- Prepare the aubergine. - - Peel the skin from the eggplants. - - Slice into 1/2 inches thick slices. - - Using a cookie cutter, cut out round discs.
- Do not discard any scrapes. You can bake them until they almost fall apart, blitz them in a blender with a touch of fresh lemon juice and olive oil to make eggplant puree. It goes well on a toast.*
- For 1 serving, you need 3 discs of eggplant. - - Lightly season the eggplant with sea salt. - - Transfer onto a wire cooling rack and let them sit for about 30 mins. - - This will draw out the moisture from the eggplant, thus removing the raw bitterness.
- While the eggplant slices are sitting, finely julienne the skins into fine strips. - - Add about 1 inch of oil into a skillet over medium heat. - - Transfer flour, salt, pepper and mushroom powder into a shallow bowl.
- Mix to combine well. - - Transfer eggs into a shallow bowl. - - You can check the temperature of the oil by inserting a wooden chopstick. If bubbles start to form around the chopstick it is ready.
- Lightly dredge the eggplant into the flour mixture. - - Dust off any excess. - - Dredge into the egg. - - And gently drop the eggplant away from you into the oil.
- Pan fry until golden brown on both sides. - - Remove from heat and transfer onto a wire cooling rack or on a plate lined with kitchen paper. - - Repeat the process for the remaining eggplant. - - Lastly, pan fry the skins as well.
- Once they start to crisp up, remove from heat and sit on a wire cooling rack or on a plate lined with kitchen paper. - - Set aside. - - To assemble.
- Preheat oven to 180 degree celsius or 350 fahrenheit. - - Line parchment paper on a baking tray. - - Lay a piece of the battered eggplant onto the tray. - - Spoon the tomatoes sauce onto the eggplant.
- Tear a piece of mozzarella and place it on top of the sauce. - - Scatter the basil over the top. - - Repeat the stacking process of eggplant, sauce, cheese and basil. - - On the 3rd slice of eggplant, sprinkle some parmigiano over the top.
- Repeat the process for the remaining eggplant. - - Wack into the oven. - - Lit some fire wood chips in a bowl, I used charcoal, and wack into the oven as well.
- Bake for about 10 to 15 mins or until the cheese has melted. - - Remove from oven. - - Spoon some of the sauce onto serving plates and place the baked eggplant stack over the sauce.
- Sprinkle some dried basil over the top. - - Lastly, add some of that fried eggplant skins on top. - - Serve immediately.
A ubergine parmigiana (aka melanzane alla parmigiana, or parmesan aubergine, for the sake of linguistic consistency) is that rare and glorious thing: Mediterranean stodge. 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. Eggplant slices are dipped in egg and bread crumbs and then baked, instead of fried. The slices are layered with spaghetti sauce, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses.
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