Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, aubergines with mozzarella and lemony breadcrumbs. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
A simple vegetarian bake made with mozzarella and aubergine will out-class any lasagne ready-meal. This is designed to be a low cost recipe. A weeknight twist on an Italian classic.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have aubergines with mozzarella and lemony breadcrumbs using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Aubergines with mozzarella and lemony breadcrumbs:
- Prepare 4 medium aubergines
- Take Olive oil
- Take Salt
- Get Pepper
- Prepare Tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 medium onion
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic
- Make ready Tbsp red wine vinegar
- Prepare Tbsp tomato puree
- Take 2 x 400g tins of chopped tomatoes
- Get Handful basil (chopped or dry)
- Make ready Splash Worcester sauce
- Make ready 2 slices bread or 100g is fresh breadcrumbs
- Take 1 lemon (zest and juice)
- Prepare 200 g ball of mozzarella
- Get Serve with
- Get Dressed salad
- Make ready Grains or pasta
Dip each aubergine parcel first in the egg and then the breadcrumb mixture to coat. Remove cocktail sticks and serve with salad and crusty bread. Aubergine parmigiana (aka melanzane alla parmigiana, or parmesan aubergine Del Conte layers slices of hard-boiled egg along with the mozzarella, which is apparently quite common in Italy. Toss the breadcrumbs with a little olive oil and Parmesan and sprinkle on top.
Steps to make Aubergines with mozzarella and lemony breadcrumbs:
- Cut the aubergines in half lengthways and score the flesh in a crisscross pattern. Lay in a large baking tray and drizzle with oil, salt and pepper. Place in a preheated over at 180C for 30 mins.
- Chop the onion and crush the garlic. Heat a tbsp of oil in a pan over a low heat, and add the onion and soften for 5-6 mins. Then add the garlic and cook for another 3 mins.
- Turn up the heat and add the red wine vinegar. Then stir in the tomato puree and add the chopped tomatoes. Simmer for 10 mins.
- Make the breadcrumbs if needed. Cut the crusts off the sliced bread. Lightly toast the slices. Whizz in a blender or food processor and set aside.
- After 10 mins add the basil, Worcester sauce and some salt and pepper the the tomato sauce. The turn up the heat to thicken it for about 5 mins. Once the aubergines are soft remove from the oven and spoon on the tomato sauce. Return to the oven for 10 mins.
- Heat another tbsp of oil in a frying pan. Add the breadcrumbs and the lemon zest and fry for 2-3 mins. Then add the lemon juice and mix well to try and avoid clumps.
- Remove the aubergines from the oven and tear pieces of mozzarella over them and sprinkle with the lemony breadcrumbs. Return to the oven for a final 5 mins.
- Serve with the salad and some grains, or some pasta.
Here's my marinated mozzarella balls for you to enjoy. When you think of Italian cheese, two come to mind immediately - mozzarella and Parmesan. Serve the marinated mozzarella alongside the other antipasti ingredients, or just have them on their own with toasted bread and tomatoes. Photo "Aubergine with mozzarella" can be used for personal and commercial purposes according to the conditions of the purchased Royalty-free license. Crispy breadcrumbs, melty cheese and the soft aubergine and rice… they're little balls of heaven.
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