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Eggplant With Tomato-Mint Sauce And Goat Cheese
Eggplant With Tomato-Mint Sauce And Goat Cheese
- Recipe Submitted by ADMIN on 09/26/2007
Category: Georgian, Vegetables
Ingredients List
- 2 Eggplants lg, trimmed
- -cut 1/2"-thick rounds
- 1 1/2 tb Olive oil
- Non-stick veg. oil spray
- 1/2 c Chopped onion
- 2 Garlic cloves, minced
- 4 Italian-style tomatoes
- -stewed & peeled
- 3 tb Chopped fresh mint
- 1/2 ts Dried oregano
- 1/2 c Crumbled soft fresh goat
- -cheese(feta)
- 8 Fresh basil leaves, chopped
Directions
Preheat oven to 500øF. Spray 2 large baking sheets with oil spray.
Arrange eggplant rounds on prepared sheets; brush lightly with 1
tablespoon oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake 10 minutes. Turn
rounds over and bake until tender and golden, about 10 minutes
longer. Remove from oven. Reduce oven temperature to 350øF. Heat
remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil in medium nonstick skillet over medium
heat. Add onion; saut”š until tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and
stir 1 minute. Season with salt & pepper. Add tomatoes with their
juices, mint & oregano and simmer until sauce thickens & is reduced
to 1 3/4 cups, breaking up tomatoes with back of spoon, about
20 minutes. Spoon half of tomato sauce into shallow 2-quart
baking dish. Arrange eggplant rounds atop sauce, overlapping
slightly. Spoon remaining sauce over. Sprinkle cheese over. Bake
until heated through, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with basil. ORIGIN:
Arrange eggplant rounds on prepared sheets; brush lightly with 1
tablespoon oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake 10 minutes. Turn
rounds over and bake until tender and golden, about 10 minutes
longer. Remove from oven. Reduce oven temperature to 350øF. Heat
remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil in medium nonstick skillet over medium
heat. Add onion; saut”š until tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and
stir 1 minute. Season with salt & pepper. Add tomatoes with their
juices, mint & oregano and simmer until sauce thickens & is reduced
to 1 3/4 cups, breaking up tomatoes with back of spoon, about
20 minutes. Spoon half of tomato sauce into shallow 2-quart
baking dish. Arrange eggplant rounds atop sauce, overlapping
slightly. Spoon remaining sauce over. Sprinkle cheese over. Bake
until heated through, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with basil. ORIGIN:
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