Baked aubegines / eggplants with cheese (greek)

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 pounds Eggplants
3 tablespoons Olive oil
3 Cloves garlic; thinly sliced
4 larges Ripe tomatoes; peeled and chopped
1 tablespoon Tomato paste; dissolved in
6 tablespoons Water
3 tablespoons Finely chopped fresh parsley
Salt and pepper
4 ounces Grated parmesan cheese or kefalotiri

Directions

Peel eggplant, leaving stripes of skin, cut into ½ inch slices. Sprinkle with salt and drain in collander.

OVEN: 350F.

Heat oil in large frying pan. Squeeze eggplant dry. Fry for 5 minutes or until beginning to brown, adding oil as needed. Drain on paper towels.

Layer slices into a casserole dish.

In fry pan, saute garlic and tomatoes, then add thinned tomato paste; mix and cook until liquid is evaporated. Season with salt, pepper and parsley and pour over eggplant. Dribble oilive oil on top and add grated cheese.

Bake for 30 minutes until brown.

The book was about Greece - first halve travel; second half recipes.

MELITZANES STO FOURNO serves 4 to 6.

Recipe by: Greek Cookbook

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by KitPATh <phannema@...> on Mar 16, 1998

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