Baked Eggplant Sandwiches

Name: Baked Eggplant Sandwiches
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or more to taste; 237 milliliters dry bread crumbs; 8 slices eggplant, cut 3/8 inch thick; 2 eggs; 118 milliliters all-purpose flour, or more as needed; 3 Tbsps olive oil, divided; 3 Tbsps finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, divided; 2 slices provolone cheese, cut into quarters; 12 slices 12 thin slices salami; 4 servings salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Baked Eggplant Sandwiches requires about 1 hour and 5 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 471 calories, 20g of protein, and 27g of fat. For $1.45 per serving, you get a main course that serves 4. If you have cayenne pepper, salami, eggplant, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the eggs you could follow this main course with the Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Tomato Cake with Mystery Ganache as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.

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Aluminum Foil

Baking Sheet

Oven

Beat eggs in a small, shallow bowl.

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Egg

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Bowl

Mix flour, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper in a large shallow dish.

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Cayenne Pepper

Black Pepper

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Pour bread crumbs in another large shallow dish.

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Breadcrumbs

Top one slice of eggplant with 1/4 slice provolone cheese, 3 slices salami, and 1/4 slice provolone cheese.

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Provolone

Eggplant

Salami

Place an equally-sized slice of eggplant on top. Repeat with remaining eggplant slices, cheese, and salami.

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Eggplant

Cheese

Salami

Gently press each eggplant sandwich into the seasoned flour to coat; shake off excess. Dip both sides of each sandwich into beaten egg, then press into bread crumbs.

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Seasoned Flour

Breadcrumbs

Eggplant

Dip

Egg

Place on the prepared baking sheet while you bread the remaining eggplant sandwiches.

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Eggplant

Bread

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Baking Sheet

Drizzle 1 teaspoon olive oil in a circle about 3 inches in diameter onto the foil; place a breaded eggplant sandwich onto the oiled area.

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Olive Oil

Eggplant

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Aluminum Foil

Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese over the sandwich. Repeat with remaining 3 sandwiches, drizzling an area on the foil with olive oil, placing a sandwich onto the oil, and topping with Parmesan cheese.

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Parmigiano Reggiano