Get it? Like eggplant parmesana-reggiano? Haahahhaa. I can't resist a bad pun. Anyway, here's our vegan version of a classic. It's derived from our friend Sicilian Sue in NJ, who makes the meanest eggplant ever. Everyone loves this dish. Everyone. Or else. Bon giorno!
1 big eggplant
jar or two of spaghetti sauce
EnerG Egg Replacer
breadcrumbs (we made our own with toast, spices, and nutritional yeast flakes)
olive oil
garlic
onions
bell peppers
sea salt
lemon
basil
Slice eggplant into thin rounds. Soak it in a bowl of water and sea salt for at least an hour, placing a plate on top to squeeze out any bitterness. Mix up a few cups of the egg replacer in a bowl. Add some juice from the lemon. Lay out plate with breadcrumbs. Heat olive oil in an electric skillet. (What? You don't have an electric skillet? Our friend and cookbook author Ann Jackson showed us the importance of owning this handy-dandy item. A regular frying pan will do in a pinch). Dip each eggplant slice in the lemon/egg replacer mixture, drag each side of the slice through the breadcrumbs, and fry 'til lcrispy in the oil.
Layer slices on top of each other in a glass baking pan. add onions, peppers, and garlic around edges of eggplant. Pur jar/jar-and-a-half of sauce over all veggies. Bake at 400 for about 45 mins.
Sprinkle remaining breadcrumb mixture on top just before it's finished baking.
We served this over whole wheat pasta, with bread and a salad friends Matt & Alison brought over.
2 comments:
I have to say that i have made the dairy version of this recipe and it is muy deliciouso! soaking the eggplant is a good tip, maybe you can call the italian joint down the street from me and tell them since i got rubbery eggplant from them before. oh snap!
Hi Rich and Shawna! I'll definitely be checking in w/ this blog...everything looks so good! Btw, my brother bought us "World Vegetarian" by Maddhur Jaffrey (sp?) for Christmas. Do you have it? It's fantastic in my opinion; not everything's dairy-free, but I'm sure you could find your own substitutions. Hope you guys are doing well.
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