Eggplant pasta

4 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
3slicesBread
2tablespoonsOlive oil
½teaspoonCoarse ground pepper
5Garlic cloves
¾poundsItalian eggplant
Salt & pepper
2tablespoonsFlour
½cupVegetable oil
cupChicken stock
3Scallions
½poundsBroad egg noodles
¼cupPimento strips or roasted peppers

Directions

Cut bread into rough crumbs in a food processor. Saute crumbs with olive oil in frying pan over medium heat, turn continuously, until golden brown (about 5 minutes). Stir in coarse pepper. Mince the garlic. Cut eggplant into slices and sprinkle with ½ teaspoon salt. Toss the eggplant with flour to coat lightly.

Heat vegetable oil in frying pan over medium heat. Fry half of the eggplant until brown (3 to 5 minutes). Repeat with remaining eggplant. Remove from pan. In same pan cook garlic. Return eggplant to pan, add stock and simmer over low heat 5 to 10 minutes. Cook noodles and drain. Return to hot pan, add eggplant mixture and heat through. Add scallions and pimentos and season to taste with salt and pepper. Sprinkle bread crumbs on each serving. Preparation time: 45 minutes. Serves: 4.

Posted to recipelu-digest by "Diane Geary" <diane@...> on Feb 24, 1998