Eggplant Gratin.
Hey everyone, it's me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, eggplant gratin. It is one of my favorites. This time, I'm gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Eggplant Gratin is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it's quick, it tastes yummy. They're nice and they look wonderful. Eggplant Gratin is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook eggplant gratin using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Eggplant Gratin:
- {Make ready of large eggplant.
- {Take of pepper and salt to taste.
- {Make ready of marinara sauce, I used mine available in my profile or in search.
- {Take of pepperoni.
- {Prepare of plus 2 tablespoons freshly grated romano cheese, divided use.
- {Get of ricotta cheese.
- {Make ready of italian seasoning spice blend.
- {Prepare of large egg.
- {Take of hot sauce, such as franks brand.
- {Take of olive oil.
- {Prepare of green onions, sliced.
- {Get of italian four cheese blend, shredded.
- {Get of heavy cream.
Steps to make Eggplant Gratin:
- Spray a baking dish with non stick spray. Preheat oven to 425.
- Peel eggpant and slice crosswise into 1 inch slices.
- Add pepperoni to large non stick skillet and cook on medium low until crisp, about 5 minutes. Remove and save for later.
- Season slices with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in the skillet the ppepperoni was cooked in. Non stick is important to pan roasting the eggplant with very little oil. On medium heat cook eggplant slices on both sides until golden and tender. Resist the thought that you need more oil, for best flavor you want them almost dry roasted in the skillet.
- While that is vooking whisk together in a bowl the ricotta cheese, egg, cream, 1/4 cup romano cheese, hot sauce , 1/4 teaspoon pepper and Italian seasoning. Blend well. Set aside.
- Add a thin layer of marinara sauce to the prepared baking dish.
- Layer cooked eggpant, slightly overlapping in dish.
- Cover with remainig marinara sauce.
- Spread ricotta cheese mixture evenly over top.
- Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons romano cheese and the italian four cheese blend.
- Add reserved pepperoni slices on top of cheese.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbling.
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