Eggplants with cheese in the oven. Panko breadcrumbs: Which I recommend briefly toasting on a baking sheet in the oven before adding to the casserole, so that the breadcrumbs are extra-crispy and golden. Cooking Made Easy Eggplant with peppers tomatoes and feta cheese in the oven Bon appétit Cooking Made Easy is a series of recipes for children and adults. Spray a rimmed baking sheet with vegetable cooking spray.
Score the flesh with a knife, cutting deep into the flesh but not through the skin. Traditionally eggplant parmesan is breaded eggplant that is fried them topped with sauce and cheese before baking. I made this lighter low-carb version by roasting the eggplant in the oven instead and skipping the breadcrumbs altogether. You can have Eggplants with cheese in the oven using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Eggplants with cheese in the oven
- Prepare 1 kg of eggplants cut into round slices.
- You need 300 g of hard feta cheese.
- It's 1 of onion cut into slices.
- Prepare 1 cup of olive oil.
- You need 3-4 of ripe tomatoes cut into round slices.
- Prepare 1 cup of tomato sauce.
- Prepare 1 tsp of sugar.
- You need of oil for frying.
- You need of salt, pepper.
Wondering how to broil eggplant in the oven? Use our simple broiled eggplant recipe, topped with balsamic, for a side dish or vegetarian appetizer. Pat the eggplant dry and then either pan fry, deep fry or grill. Remove the eggplants from the oven, but keep the oven on.
Eggplants with cheese in the oven instructions
- Coarsely grate the feta cheese..
- Cut the tomatoes into round slices and set them aside to drain..
- Cut the eggplants into round slices and leave them in salted water to degorge for 30'. Rinse and strain them..
- Lighly fry the eggplants (or brush them with oil and grill them). Leave them on absorbent kitchen paper to get rid of the excess oil..
- Place them one next to the other in an oiled baking tray..
- Top them with the round slices of the onion and the tomato..
- Mix the tomato sauce with the oil and the sugar, pour over the eggplants and cook using the grill for 15-20'..
- Remove from the oven, sprinkle them with the grated feta cheese and the parsley and continue baking (in order for the cheese to crust) for about an additional 15' minutes..
- Serve while hot..
Top each eggplant with marinara sauce, then top with mozzarella and finally with Parmesan. Return the baking sheet to the oven. You can finish with a quick broil at the very end for a little charred cheese if you prefer, just note it will brown FAST. This no-fry eggplant parmesan recipe is layered with baked eggplant, tomato sauce and cheese for a meatless meal the whole family loves! Not wanting to deep-fry my eggplant for my eggplant parmesan, a while back I decided to try baking it in the oven instead.