Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Shortcut Eggplant Parm

 I had a medium eggplant and some leftover sauce.  Instead of dipping each circle of eggplant in an egg wash, then in crumbs and frying them in oil,  I tried something else.  I knew that sliced eggplant coated with mayo and dipped in parmesan cheese and broiled makes a crispy eggplant.  I chose to slice eggplant lengthwise, coat with mayo and dip in a grated pizza cheese blend.  I put it on a foil covered cookie sheet sprayed with olive oil and into a 500º oven which was still in the warming process.  After about 10 minutes I flipped the inside pieces of eggplant and sliced off a bit to see if it was done.  Almost, so 3-5 minutes more  and then oven off.


I moved it to a casserole dish and poured the warm sauce over it and added both the pizza blend and some parmesan on top.  Into the 350º oven for 5 minutes while the angel hair pasta cooked.

I wasn't sure Dan would like it this way but he took three helpings!  All that's left is in that photo. I think I will continue to make eggplant parm this way. It was delicious.