Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, eggplant gratin. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Eggplant Gratin is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Eggplant Gratin is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have eggplant gratin using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Eggplant Gratin:
- Prepare large eggplant
- Prepare pepper and salt to taste
- Take marinara sauce, I used mine available in my profile or in search
- Make ready pepperoni
- Take plus 2 tablespoons freshly grated romano cheese, divided use
- Make ready ricotta cheese
- Take italian seasoning spice blend
- Make ready large egg
- Prepare hot sauce, such as franks brand
- Get olive oil
- Get green onions, sliced
- Make ready italian four cheese blend, shredded
- Make ready heavy cream
In a large bowl, toss together the eggplant rounds, tomatoes, lemon zest, thyme, garlic, and ¼ cup of olive oil. Low Carb Eggplant Parmesan (Eggplant Gratin), is a tasty casserole loaded with fresh eggplant, melted cheese, garlic, herbs, and marinara sauce. An easy to make baked casserole with the flavors of Southern France and Italy. It doesn't matter whether you call it eggplant parmesan or eggplant gratin!.
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
This is a delicious dish that is low carb, keto-friendly, and has no added sugar. Spoon a layer of sauce over the eggplant and sprinkle with basil and Parmesan. Arrange eggplant slices in a single layer on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Coat slices with cooking spray; sprinkle with salt. Combine cheese, oregano, pepper, and garlic in a bowl.
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