Eggplant Bake
Eggplant Bake
eggplant, tomato sauce, mozzarella, salami and breadcrumbs, topped with beaten egg.
Ingredients
Servings 4
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3 medium eggplants
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1 cup tomato passata
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2 eggs
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4 oz. breadcrumbs
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1 tbsp oregano
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2 oz. salami roughly chopped
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2 oz. Pecorino Romano finely grated
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5 oz. mozzarella roughly chopped
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Extra virgin olive oil
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Salt to taste
Instructions
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Slice the eggplant into ½ inch thick slices and soak them in salty water for 30 minutes.
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Pat them dry and fry the eggplant slices in vegetable oil until golden.
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Put them in a colander to drain the excess oil.
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Mix the grated Pecorino Romano, breadcrumbs and oregano and keep aside.
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To assemble the eggplant bake, put a scoop of tomato sauce at the bottom of an oven proof dish. Top with a layer of fried eggplant, tomato passata, salami, mozzarella and the breadcrumb and Pecorino Romano mixture. Then repeat the layers until you run out of eggplant. Finish the top layer with the breadcrumb and Pecorino Romano mixture.
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Lightly beat the eggs with some salt.
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