There was a time when eggplants were servedexclusively for the royal table, and now they are available to literally everyone. From these vegetables you can prepare an original dish - a fan of eggplants. It can decorate not only a festive table, but also make an ordinary family dinner more interesting. It is also attractive because the fillings can be very diverse. There is also a Lenten recipe: an eggplant dish - a fan will be an excellent vegetable snack during Lent.
Aubergine fan with cheese
Ingredients:
- 3 eggplant
- 2-3 tomatoes
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 2 tbsp. l. olive oil or mayonnaise
- 200 gr. cheese "Feta" or other salted cheese
- salt
Method of preparation:Eggplants are washed, the tails are cut off, then they are cut lengthwise, but not cut all the way to the end by about 1 centimeter, to get a kind of fan. For a round fan, eggplants are cut crosswise, in this case you can take sausage cheese for cooking the dish. Each slice of eggplant is lightly rubbed with salt and they are set aside for half an hour to drain the bitterness. When the allotted time has passed, the eggplants are washed under running water and be sure to dry. For the filling, finely chop the garlic, cut the tomatoes into thin slices and the cheese into the same thin slices. Filling is placed in each cut: cheese, tomatoes, garlic. Eggplants prepared in this way are placed on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil and poured with olive oil. To form a ruddy and appetizing crust, the fan is greased with mayonnaise. Bake the fan in the oven, which is preheated to a temperature of 180 degrees. The time of soaking will depend on the size of the eggplants, approximately 30 to 50 minutes. The readiness of the dish is checked by piercing the eggplant with a wooden stick. If it is soft, it is time to take the dish out of the oven.
Aubergine fan with cottage cheese
Ingredients:
- 1 eggplant
- 200 gr. cottage cheese
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 cloves of garlic
- salt pepper
- 100 gr. greens
- vegetable oil
Method of preparation:In this appetizer Eggplant Fan, cottage cheese is the main ingredient. The eggplants for this unusual and tasty dish are washed, dried and cut into thin longitudinal slices. To prevent the appetizer from being bitter, the slices are lightly rubbed with salt. After 15 minutes, they will give off a bitter brown juice. After which they are washed and thoroughly dried so that when fried, a golden crust is obtained and the eggplant does not look boiled. The eggplants are fried in vegetable oil on both sides. The filling is prepared as follows: finely chopped greens are added to the cottage cheese and garlic is squeezed out using a special device. Then, the mass is salted and peppered. The filling should be spicy and salty enough. Each eggplant slice is spread with the resulting curd mass and laid out on a large, flat plate in the form of a fan, decorated with sprigs of greenery. The fried strips can also be rolled up and served in this form.
Eating an eggplant fan
Ingredients:
- 2 eggplants
- 1 onion
- 1 carrot
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 medium-sized tomatoes
- 1 can of canned champignons
- salt pepper
Method of preparation of Lenten Fan:The eggplant dish "fan" is prepared as follows: wash, lightly boil in lightly salted water for no more than 15 minutes. Then cut the eggplants lengthwise, slightly before reaching the tail. After this, lay the fan on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil. For the filling, cut the champignons into small cubes. The size of the cubes is approximately 5-7 mm. Then the mushrooms are fried in vegetable oil. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes and lower them into cold water to make it easier to peel them. Peel the tomatoes and also cut them into cubes of the same size as the mushrooms. Separately fry the onions and carrots, cut in the same way as the other ingredients. Place the fried mushrooms, onions, carrots and the last layer - tomatoes on the eggplant. All layers should be lightly salted and peppered. When everything is ready for baking, the fan is poured with olive oil. The temperature in the oven should be 180 degrees. Since all the ingredients have already undergone heat treatment, the dish is prepared quickly - 15-20 minutes. You can use your imagination with this dish and bake eggplants with different fillings. Interesting options are obtained with minced meat, bacon, ham. The time spent on preparing such an interesting snack is minimal and this is the most pleasant moment for busy ladies. We recommend reading:
