{"id":4086,"date":"2013-08-03T17:06:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T21:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=4086"},"modified":"2013-08-03T17:14:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T21:14:36","slug":"eggplant-parmesan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=4086","title":{"rendered":"Eggplant Parmesan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eggplant Parmesan, fresh out of the oven.<\/p>\n

\"Eggplant<\/a>
Eggplant Parmesan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I got two eggplants at the Columbia City Farmer’s Market this weekend and eggplant parmesan is our favorite dish to make with eggplant.<\/p>\n

This is how I make it.<\/p>\n

\nEggplant Parmesan<\/b>
\nPlenty for 2 with leftovers<\/i><\/p>\n

2 medium sized eggplants
\noil for frying (I like to use half olive oil and half canola or other neutral oil)
\nflour for dredging
\n2 cups of your favorite tomato sauce
\nA couple dozen basil leaves, torn or sliced.
\nsalt and pepper
\n1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
\n8 oz mozzarella cheese (fresh is nice)<\/p>\n

Peel the eggplants and slice into 1\/2 inch thick slices
\nSalt the slices on both sides and let sit in a strainer for an hour
\nHeat your oven to 350.
\nRinse the eggplant slices and pat dry
\nDredge in the flour
\nFry in a skillet with the oil until nicely browned on both sides (you’ll need to do 2 or 3 batches, wiping out the skillet if the flour starts to burn and adding more oil as needed)
\nDrain the slices on paper towels
\nTake a 2 quart casserole dish and lightly oil it.
\nPut about a 1\/3 of a cup of tomato sauce in the bottom
\nPut a layer of eggplant, a layer of each of the cheeses, and a bit of basil
\nRepeat until your dish is full or you run out of ingredients, ending with sauce and cheese on top.
\nBake for about 30 minutes
\nLet sit for another 30 minutes to cool<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I’ve read some comments that mozzarella[1]<\/a> is not authentic, but I can’t abide that. If eggplant parmesan[2]<\/a> with mozzarella is wrong, I don’t want to be right.<\/p>\n

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1. The people who say mozzarella is not authentic are probably the same snots who insist on pronouncing it “moats AH rella” (and would use the International Phonetic Alphabet to explain how to pronounce it: m?ts??r?l?) like they just got off the boat from the old country. It’s “motts UH rella.” Don’t make me come over there and straighten you out!<\/p>\n

2. I wish my spellchecker would quit nagging me about not capitalizing ‘parmesan.’ To me it’s a kind of cheese, not a proper noun. But I feel guilty ignoring the spellchecker, thus the seemingly random capitalization of ‘parmesan’ throughout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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