Eggplant Parmesan With Garlic And White Beans Recipes

EGGPLANT PARMESAN WITH GARLIC AND WHITE BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• in a flat bottom bowl, whisk egg whites, salt, 2 cloves garlic.
• in another bowl, mix bread crumbs, basil, and parmesean/romano mixture.
• lightly spray two baking sheets with olive oil and drizzle a small amount on the whole garlic head.
• cut eggplant into 1/2 inch rounds and dip into egg mixture then batter in bread crumbs.
• place eggplant and garlic head on baking sheets.
• cook until tender (about 20 min on each side for the eggplant and 20-30 min total for garlic head).
• drain and rinse white beans.
• in 2 8x11 baking dishes, put a thin layer of tomato sauce.
• when garlic head is finished and cool enough to touch, peel out the cloves and mash them into the white beans to make a paste.
• put a layer of eggplant rounds on top of the tomato sauce.
• spread bean/garlic paste evenly on rounds.
• add half the cheese and a cup of sauce.
• place the rest of the eggplant in a second layer.
• add any leftover bread crumbs, sauce and cheese.
• bake 25 min until cheese is bubbly.

GARLIC AND HERB EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Toss the eggplant in a large colander with a generous sprinkle of salt. Set the colander over a bowl to drain and top with a second bowl filled with water or a few heavy cans to press the liquid out of the eggplant. Set aside for at least 1 hour or up to 3 hours.
• Spread the eggplant out onto a baking sheet or large cutting board and pat dry with paper towels.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet set over medium heat. Add half of the eggplant and half of the pepper flakes and cook, stirring occasionally until tender and lightly browned, about 7 minutes. Add half of the garlic and continue to cook until the garlic is soft, about 1 minute. Remove from the skillet to a bowl. Repeat with the remaining oil, eggplant, crushed red pepper and garlic. Off the heat, add the reserved eggplant back to the skillet, stir in the parsley and mint and season with salt and pepper.

GARLIC PARMESAN EGGPLANT SLICES

Steps:

• Place eggeplant slices on a 15x10x1 " jelly roll pan, sprinkle with salt.
• in a 9' pie pan, stir together flour, breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese and basil.
• in 10' skittle cook olive oil, pepper and garlic over med heat until sizzling.
• meanwhile, dip eggplant slices in egg, coat with flour mixture. fry 1/2 of eggeplant slice in olive oil until golden brown 2-3 minutes on each side. remove to serving platter, keep warm.
• repeat with remaining eggplant slices.
• remover to serving platter. sprinkle with tomato. cover with aluminum foil. let stand 2 minutes or until tomato is heated through.