Tortino di Melanzane: Eggplant Cake

Name: Tortino di Melanzane: Eggplant Cake
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams butter, cut into chunks; 1 egg, beaten; 2 larges eggplants, peeled and sliced lengthwise into 1/4-inch thick slices; 532 milliliters flour; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 bunches mint leaves, chopped; 4 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 1 bunches oregano leaves; 8 servings Pecorino Toscano, for grating; 1 red onion, finely chopped; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 8 servings Salt and pepper, to taste; 1 bunches thyme leaves; 237 milliliters thick tomato puree; 2 Tbsps very cold water

Tortino di Melanzane: Eggplant Cake requires approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 8 servings with 566 calories, 16g of protein, and 39g of fat each. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is If you have olive oil, onion, oregano leaves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Eggplant Tortino in a Kalamatan Olive Marinara Sauce, Melanzane Fritte (Fried Eggplant), and Polpette di melanzane (Eggplant ‘Meatballs’) are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Preheat the grill or broiler. Mound the flour and salt in the center of a cutting board. Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Cutting Board

Pastry Cutter

Broiler

Grill

Mix in the egg and cold water and work the dough just enough so that it comes together. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate 30 minutes.

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Dough

Water

Wrap

Egg

Brush the eggplant slices with olive oil and grill on both sides until marked and crispy, about 3 minutes per side. Set aside. Meanwhile, in a 12 to 14-inch skillet, heat the olive oil over high heat until just smoking.

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Olive Oil

Eggplant

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Frying Pan

Grill

Add the garlic and onion and saute over high heat until light golden brown.

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Garlic

Onion

Add the mint, thyme, oregano and salt and pepper to taste and cook 5 minutes more. Stir in the tomato puree, bring to a boil, simmer until very thick and stew like and remove from heat.

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Salt And Pepper

Tomato Puree

Oregano

Thyme

Mint

Stew

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Roll the dough out to an even 1/8-inch thickness and fit it into a 10-inch tart pan. Blind bake the pastry shell for 20 minutes, until golden brown, then remove from oven and allow to cool.

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Pastry Shells

Dough

Roll

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Oven

Tart Form

Layer the eggplant slices and tomato sauce mixture in the tart shell, alternating layers and ending with a layer of eggplant.

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Tomato Sauce

Eggplant

Cut the slices if necessary to fit the pie shell. Top with abundant grated cheese and bake in the oven 20 minutes, until the cheese is browned and the sauce is bubbling.

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Pie Crust