Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, aubergine parmigiana. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Donal's aubergine parmigiana is so easy to make and tastes wonderful. It's simpler than a lasagne and lighter, too. The tomato sauce can be doubled and frozen for another easy dinner.

Aubergine parmigiana is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Aubergine parmigiana is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have aubergine parmigiana using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Aubergine parmigiana:

1. Prepare 2 tins tomatoes chopped
2. Prepare 2 tbsp tomato puree
3. Take Salt and pepper
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp sugar
5. Make ready 1 tsp chilli flakes
6. Prepare 1 onion chopped finely
7. Take 8 tbsp olive oil
8. Get 4 tsp dried oregano
9. Take 50 g red lentils (optional)
10. Make ready 2 cloves garlic
11. Take 2 aubergines
12. Make ready 400 g good mozzarella
13. Make ready 200 g shaved parmesan

Repeat with remaining eggplant and butter. Aubergine parmigiana is one of the most iconic Italian dishes. It is made with fried aubergine slices, layered with tomato sauce, mozzarella and Parmigiano Reggiano. The dish is then baked till golden brown.

Steps to make Aubergine parmigiana:

1. Cut the aubergines in thin slices - as much the same thickness as possible
2. Salt the aubergines then and leave while you prepare the tomato sauce.
3. Fry the chopped onion in a little olive oil then add the crushed garlic. Cook for 10 minutes on a medium heat until the onions go transparent. Stir in the sugar then Add the tinned tomatoes, tomato purée, chilli and dried oregano.
4. Add the lentils and cook for 25 minutes until the sauce begins to thicken then season to taste. The lentils add a nutty flavour and a little extra bulk.
5. While the sauce is cooking, Rinse the salt off the aubergines, pat dry and fry in olive oil in batches until browned and soft.
6. Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees C
7. Cover the base of an oven dish with aubergines
8. Add 1/2 of the tomato sauce then add another layer of aubergine.
9. Scatter half the mozzarella and half the Parmesan over the aubergines and cover with the remaining tomato sauce.
10. Add a final layer of aubergines and scatter with the remaining cheeses.
11. Cook in the oven for 30 min at 180 degrees depending on your oven
12. Serve with a rocket salad dressed lightly with vinaigrette.

I assure you there is nothing better than cutting through layers of delicious aubergine and. Top with a layer of the fried eggplant; the eggplant slices can overlap slightly. A ubergine parmigiana (aka melanzane alla parmigiana, or parmesan aubergine, for the sake of linguistic consistency) is that rare and glorious thing: Mediterranean stodge. Eggplant slices are dipped in egg and bread crumbs and then baked, instead of fried. The slices are layered with spaghetti sauce, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses.

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