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Today's Recipe - Baked Eggplant, Tomato & Pasta Gratin
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Recipe: Ingredients:
3 medium eggplants, sliced
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 teaspoons dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
8 ounces penne pasta
10 ounces mozzarella cheese, sliced
DIRECTIONS:
Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan.
Add onion, garlic and saute until tender.
Add tomatoes, tomato paste, basil and oregano and bring to a boil.
Simmer 30 minutes until thick and season with salt and pepper.
Heat more olive oil in a large skillet and fry the eggplant slices in batches until golden on both sides.
Drain on paper towels.
Toss cooked pasta with the tomato sauce.
Grease an 8 cup gratin dish 9 x 9.
Arrange ingredients as follows: 1/3 eggplant slices, 1/2 tomato/pasta mixture, 1/3 eggplant, half mozzarella slices, 1/2 half tomato/pasta, 1/3 eggplant, rest of cheese.
Bake uncovered about 30 minutes.