Italian Eggplant Tomato Casserole

Prep: 30min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 45min
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Italian eggplant tomato casserole is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the fruit-vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 600 g eggplants
  • Salt
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • olive oil
  • 700 g ripe tomatoes
  • 150 ml tomato juice
  • 1 tsp Dried oregano
  • Salt
  • pepper (ground)

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Wash, trim, and slice the eggplants into thin rounds. Sprinkle with a little salt and let stand in a sieve for about 30 minutes. Peel the garlic and slice it.

  2. 2.

    Pat the eggplant dry. Heat oil in a large pan and brown the eggplant with the garlic in portions over medium heat until golden yellow; drain on paper towels.

  3. 3.

    Blanch the tomatoes, shock, peel, quarter, core, and cut into coarse pieces. Mix with juice, oregano, salt, and pepper, then transfer to a wetened Roman pot. Top with the eggplant and garlic slices, drizzle with olive oil, seal the pot, and place in a cold oven. Bake at 180°C fan-forced for about 45 minutes.

  4. 4.

    Taste the tomato sauce and serve plated with the eggplant slices on top.