Eggplant Parmesan

Today I’m featuring another recipe from Hubby’s mother. Hubby loves eggplant parm. It’s another one of the things his mom usually makes for us when we’re in town because she knows how much he loves it. Recently, we requested the recipe from her and Hubby made it at home all by himself.

Hubby likes to claim this is a healthy recipe since it’s vegetarian. I would not call this healthy, but it sure is delicious. Hubby used Panko bread crumbs because that’s all I keep in the house. I really this they give a much better texture than regular bread crumbs. If you wanted, you could make this with meat sauce if you feel like it needs some meat. Eggplant is a very meaty vegetables, so I think it’s fine without it.

This recipe also freezes really well. I wish I had thought of that back when we did our kitchen renovation and stocked up on frozen food. Since this makes a whole casserole dish, we ate it for leftovers all week. But if you don’t like leftovers, just portion it out into individual tupperware containers and freeze it after it has cooled completely.

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Eggplant Parmesan

Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients:

Sauce (1 large jar or homemade)
1.5 lb. eggplant, look for long slender firm eggplant
2 eggs, beaten
1.5 cups Panko cread crumbs, seasoned with salt and pepper
Cooking oil
1 lb. mozz shredded or thinly sliced
1/4 cup parmesan grated

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425.

Peel eggplant and slice about 1/4 inch thick. Dip into egg and let it drip off, then into bread crumbs. Set aside on a sheet of waxed paper.

Heat a jelly roll pan with enough oil to cover the bottom in the oven. When hot, add eggplant but see sure not to over-crowd the pan. Cook until nice and brown and crispy, then turn. Drain on paper towels.

Turn oven to 400.

Layer in a 13x9 baking dish 1/3 sauce, 1/2 eggplant, 1/2 mozzarella cheese, repeat, end with last 1/3 sauce. Sprinkle parmesan on top.

Bake uncovered for 15-20 min.

Recipe from Hubby's mom

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7 Responses to “Pizza Dough”

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    Eliana — September 28, 2010 at 11:27 am

    Love a good, simple pizza with tons of bail on top. This looks glorious!

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    Fun and Fearless in Beantown — September 28, 2010 at 12:33 pm

    I really think the kneading part is so therapeutic, even if it isn’t the pounding that most of us used to do! Great post!

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    Boston Food Diary — September 28, 2010 at 1:10 pm

    This looks DELICIOUS! Fresh mozzarella and basil pizzas are my favorite 🙂

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    newlywed — September 28, 2010 at 11:35 pm

    Homemade pizza dough is the best! Before I tried it, I never would have guessed how easy it is.

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    kitchenmisfit — September 29, 2010 at 1:36 am

    I use this pizza crust recipe all the time! It makes the best crust!

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    Melissa — September 29, 2010 at 1:52 am

    I’ve been looking for a good pizza dough recipe…excited to try this one!

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    nutmegnanny — September 29, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    Yummy pizza dough! I’m such a slacker I always just buy the dough from the pizzeria. I need to get on the ball and make my own 🙂

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