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Pesto & Fried Eggplant Flatbread
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Pesto and Fried Eggplant Flat bread topped with tomatoes and gooey mozzarella cheese.
Author: Cooking Divine
Recipe type: Main Dish
Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients
- FOR THE PESTO
- 1 Cup Fresh Basil Leaves
- ¼ Cup Parmesan Reggiano Cheese (grated)
- ¼ Cup Olive Oil
- ¼ Cup Pine Nuts
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- Salt & Pepper to Taste
- FOR THE EGGPLANT
- Olive Oil for Frying
- 1 Eggplant
- 1 Cup Panko Bread Crumbs
- ¼ Cup Parmesan Reggiano Cheese (grated)
- 2 Tablespoons Fresh Parsley (chopped)
- 2 Garlic Cloves (minced)
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- ½ Teaspoon Pepper
- 1 Egg
- FOR THE FLAT BREAD
- 1 Flat Bread (or 2 smaller flat breads)
- 8 Oz Mozzarella Cheese (shredded)
- 1 Tomato
Directions
- Make the Pesto:
- Add fresh basil leaves and pine nuts to a food processor and pulsate until chopped finely.
- Add the ¼ cup Parmesan cheese and 2 garlic cloves and pulsate until combined.
- Slowly drip the olive oil into the combined mixture while processing the pesto.
- Add salt and pepper to taste then set pesto aside.
- Fry the Eggplant:
- Heat 1 inch of olive oil in a medium saucepan for frying.
- Slice eggplant lengthwise into ¼ inch pieces so that you have long thin strips of eggplant.
- Cover eggplant in salt and set aside for 15 minutes in order to dry them out.
- In a bowl, combine panko bread crumbs, ¼ cup Parmesan cheese, 2 tablespoons chopped parsley, 2 garlic cloves minced, salt and pepper.
- In a separate bowl beat an egg.
- Dip eggplant slices into the egg and coat with bread crumb mixture.
- Fry in saucepan until golden and crunchy (roughly 2 mins per side).
- Set aside eggplant.
- Make the Flatbread:
- Preheat oven to 400 Degrees and move a rack to the very bottom.
- Assemble flat bread by coating with a thin layer of pesto, followed by strips of fried eggplant, sliced tomato and a healthy portion of the mozzarella cheese. Finish by dripping additional pesto on top.
- Cook flat bread on bottom rack for 10-12 minutes until crispy and cheese bubbling.
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