Italian Parmigiana

Everything with eggplant is my favourite. Even more so if it is vegetarian, without meat. I can eat it every day. As is the case with this dish. And for me there is no season when it comes to food. I cook it at any time and place. I just need fresh basil. That's it. The rest is improvisation.

This ceramic pan is especially dear to me. I bought it in Skopje. I saw it in a shop window and I knew immediately what I was going to prepare for it. I was traveling by plane and I was not thinking at that moment. I packed it in a suitcase between the clothes. That's how I am. Flying to Skopje is much more comfortable for me, but I am more stressed. I will come down with 1 suitcase and I will definitely ask for another one for the trip back to Budapest. They know me. I always buy another suitcase. And for the trips to the market with a car, it is impossible to go home without buying everything I find. As if food and ingredient suppliers did not exist elsewhere. That's right, I get emotional when I move from one home to another. I'm used to it already.

Italian Parmigiana

Ingredients:

  • 1 kg. eggplants
  • 2 eggs
  • 200 gr. breadcumbs
  • 1 liter of tomato sauce
  • Garlic
  • Salt and pepper
  • Olive oil
  • Fresh basil
  • 300 g mozzarella

Preparation:

Peel an eggplant and cut it into circles. Leave it for 1 hour and add salt to draw the bitterness out. During this time the tomato sauce is prepared. Depending on the season, fresh tomatoes are used, washed, peeled and grated, or tomato juice can be bottled or canned. Bring to a boil, add mashed garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper and chopped fresh basil. Simmer over low heat until the water evaporates and the sauce thickens. Eggplants are breaded, first in egg then in breadcrumbs and fried in heated oil. Lay on a napkin to absorb the grease. Arrange the eggplants in a ceramic or glass bowl, pour over the tomato sauce, put another layer of eggplants and so on until the ingredients are all used up. Finish with pieces of mozzarella. Bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for half an hour.

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