Eggplant and Tomato Casserole

Name: Eggplant and Tomato Casserole
Total time: 48 min
Yield: 8 first-course servings
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 2 medium-size eggplants (about 14 ounces each), trimmed and cut crosswise into 1/4-inch slices; 3 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 cup loosely packed basil leaves, cut crosswise into thin strips; 4 medium-size tomatoes, cut crosswise in 1/4-inch slices; 1 medium-size clove garlic, smashed, peeled and minced; 3 teaspoons olive oil; Freshly ground black pepper; 3/4 pound mozzarella, grated

By Barbara Kafka

Total Time: 48 minutes
Rating: 4(10)
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Featured in: Microwave Cooking

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Ingredients

Yield:8 first-course servings

2medium-size eggplants (about 14 ounces each), trimmed and cut crosswise into ¼-inch slices
3½teaspoons kosher salt
1cup loosely packed basil leaves, cut crosswise into thin strips
4medium-size tomatoes, cut crosswise in ¼-inch slices
1medium-size clove garlic, smashed, peeled and minced
3teaspoons olive oil
Freshly ground black pepper
¾pound mozzarella, grated

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Preparation

Step 1
Place one-third of the eggplant slices in an even layer in a 14-by-9-by-2-inch oval dish. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of the salt. Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent power in a high-power oven for 10 minutes.
Step 2
Remove from oven. Rinse eggplant slices and pat dry.
Step 3
Repeat Steps 1 and 2 twice, with remaining eggplant slices.
Step 4
Rinse and dry dish. Arrange half the eggplant in a single layer in the bottom of the dish. Sprinkle with half the basil and half the garlic. Arrange half the tomato slices over the basil and garlic. Drizzle with half the olive oil. Sprinkle with ¼ teaspoon salt and pepper. Cover with half the mozzarella. Repeat the layers.
Step 5
Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent power in a high-power oven for 8 minutes.
Step 6
Remove from oven. Spoon the accumulated juices over the top.

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Comments

MJ Hall6 years ago

what the heck is a high-power oven? and 100% power? Are we talking microwave? and if so why doesn't it say?

Eric S2 years ago

This was good quick recipe for eggplant and my Jersey tomatoes. Thanks to another who recognized this was a microwave recipe. A fact I initially missed. So I made this in a 450 degree convection oven. I just doubled the times but pre-baked ALL my eggplant slices on a lined sheet pan for a quicker casserole assembly. Be careful not to over salt as I did. Salting both baked slices and tomato layers per the recipe. Definitely worth making again in an oven.

Tz4 years ago

since it says "featured in Microwave Cooking", I assume the high-powered oven is a microwave. I am curious how to adapt this for a non-microwave oven.

Diana W5 years ago

I would make this if I understood what kind of oven is used. Microwave? Convection?

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