Eggplant Slices with Tomato and Cheese
A dish of eggplant slices topped with fresh tomato and cheese, a recipe featuring crisp vegetables from the fruit-vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 2 small eggplants
- Salt
- olive oil
- 3 tomatoes
- 150 g mozzarella
- 150 g Italian salami
- pepper (ground)
- basil (for garnish)
Instructions
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1.
Preheat the oven to 220°C.
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2.
Wash the eggplants, trim the stem ends and slice them. Sprinkle with salt and let sit for about 20 minutes. Pat dry and fry in a hot pan with 2 tbsp oil until golden brown on both sides. Remove, drain on kitchen paper, and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
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3.
Wash the tomatoes, remove stem ends and cut into slices. Slice the drained mozzarella into rounds. Layer each eggplant slice with a tomato slice, a salami slice, and mozzarella slices. Season lightly with pepper and bake in the preheated oven until golden brown. Garnish with basil before serving.
