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Eggplant Bake

Oven: 325 degrees
Ingredients and Initial Prep:
1 large Eggplant cut in 1 cm slices, (peel if you must).
  Combine:
1 cup grated parmesan cheese
2 cups cooked brown rice, (or white)
  Combine:
1 1/2 cups bechemel sauce
2 eggs
1/2 cup chopped fresh broad leaf parsley
  Other Stuff:
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried rosemary crushed
2 tomatoes, (sliced)
Make First:
1 1/2 cups Bechemel Sauce, (also known as White Sauce)
In a 2 quart saucepan heat 2 tablespoons of butter over med heat.
Add 1 heaping tablespoon of white flour - Stir but don't brown - it will bubble.
Add 1 1/2 cups of warm milk, (nuke it beforehand).
Stir until the cows come home -- or until it thickens. It might take 10 minutes.

Steam eggplant slices for 5 minutes.

To Assemble:
Layer in a 8 inch square cake pan or similarily sized casserole:
     half the eggplant slices
     all the cheese/rice
     half the bechemel/eggs/parsley
     remaining eggplant with herbs and tomatoes
     remaining bechemel/eggs/parsley
sprinkle with some more grated cheese
Bake in a 325 degree farenheit oven uncovered for 40 minutes.

Now relax a little, Call your partner over to the table and engage in a little small talk.

You're done!

Eat!

e-mail me if you have any (cooking) problems.

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