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- From: tileman@ix.netcom.com (Jim A)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Eggplant Parmigiana: worldclass
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 95 22:31:28 GMT
- Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA
- Message-ID: <199502240526.VAA18253@ix2.ix.netcom.com>
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- Tried and true dozens of times. Never had anything but *raves*!
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- Eggplant Parmigiana
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- 2 medium eggplants, firm, preferred fresh. Don't select if you see
- mold at the base.
- Swiss cheese, I usually buy about 1-1/2 lbs., but I don't use it all.
- 2 28oz. jars of your favorite tomato sauce. We've been using Prego
- mushroom, lately.
- 1 24oz. Italian style bread crumbs. You probably won't use it all.
- Regular flour.
- 2 to 4 Eggs.
- A little milk or 1/2&1/2.
- Olive oil (for frying).
- A little parmesan cheese.
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- If I'm a little vague on quantities it is because we buy in
- bulk and I use as needed. Except for the cheese, but I said I don't
- use it all. Fresh eggs are great, of course. We used to make our sauce,
- but we're gettin' lazy in our old age!
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- Grate cheese course.
- *Peel* the eggplants.
- Slice 1/4" to 3/8" thin; larger is too thick.
- Place in a large bowl and fill with cold water, spring or filtered
- water preferred. Allow to soak for 3 or 4 minutes.
- Drain well and refill. Allow to soak 2 minutes.
- Drain and layer between *single* sheets of paper towels; you don't
- want them to dry out too much.
- Arrange these items in a row:
- Bowl with 3/4 cup flour.
- Bowl with two eggs, beaten with some milk or cream added.
- Wide bowl with 2 cups bread crumbs.
- Staging plate. (empty plate)
- Put the frying pan on low heat.
- Place a piece of sliced eggplant into the flour bowl and coat on
- both sides well by pressing the flour into it. (The little moisture
- left will help the flour coat it.)
- Dip the flour coated eggplant slice into the egg. Use 2 forks to turn
- and lift slightly to drain. Dip again if not completely covered.
- Place into the bread crumbs. Push a pile of the bread crumbs on top
- of the eggplant piece and press well to embed and coat completely.
- Shake slightly and place in staging dish.
- Repeat for other pieces until staging dish is filled.
- Up heat to medium. When heated, add olive oil.
- Fry until crisp golden brown on both sides.
- Layer the bottom of a casserole with a couple or three spoons of sauce.
- Arrange fried eggplant pieces into a layer, cutting to fit and fill the
- corners.
- Apply a layer of sauce.
- Apply a layer of cheese. (I'm generous)
- Another layer of eggplant.
- Sauce again.
- Cheese again.
- Sprinkle with parmesan.
- Bake @350 until bubbly.
- It'll taste even better, tomorrow.
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- If your casserole is deep enough, three layers works, too. This
- recipe fills several casseroles.
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- The soaking seems to remove the bitterness. I peel them because
- I hate trying to chew through the skin. The swiss adds zip.
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- I've been using this recipe for at least 16 years. It is based
- on the recipe by the same name in _The Vegetarian Epicure_ by Anna
- Thomas, 1972.
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- Yum, yum,
- JimA (tileman@ix.netcom.com)
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