We are eating eggplants almost every day.. it’s ok, because we really love them and I like to prepare them with different recipes…
So, here you will find a very easy and tasteful recipe, that mamma loves because it’s like pizza!!
Ingredients for 4 persons
• 4 medium eggplants (the round ones of any colour!)
• 2 mozzarelle
• 8 tomatoes (fresh tomatoes not too watery, like san Marzano or Pachino). If you don’t have fresh tomatoes, canned tomatoes will be ok (chose the peeled tomatoes and not the sauce)
• anchovies fillets (in oil or salt – in the second case, remember to rinse them well before using and don’t add too much salt to the tomatoes!)
• extra virgin olive oil
• salt
• basil or oregano - at your choice!
Preparation
• Cut the eggplants in slices (1/2 cm).
• Put them in a baking tin lightly basted with olive oil.
• Season with salt, ad the mozzarella cut in slices (if the mozzarella seems watery, cut it in dices and put in a colander to loose the water for 10 minutes before using).
• Cut the fresh tomatoes (or the canned ones) in dices (it the tomatoes – fresh or canned - seem watery, cut them in dices and put in a colander to loose the water for 10 minutes before using).
• Season with salt (don’t use too much salt!), add a fillet of anchovy and some oregano or 1 leaf of basil.
• Put the baking tin in the preheated oven (180°) till the mozzarella will be melted. You will need 20? Or more, depending on the quality of the eggplants (the white one , for example, get cooked in less time than the dark purple ones).
• Serve hot!! (they will be wonderful also cold….the next day… if any of them will be left over….
Now, taste them and let me know if they really taste almost as a pizza!!!!
P.S. if you use small eggplants or the long ones cut widthways (so that they can be eaten in one bite) they will be perfect for a buffet lunch/dinner!
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