**Eggplant Aubergine Casserole: A Culinary Journey of Mediterranean Delights**
Eggplant aubergine casserole, a delectable dish that captures the essence of Mediterranean cuisine, is a symphony of flavors and textures that will tantalize your taste buds. With its origins in the sun-kissed lands of the Mediterranean, this dish has been passed down through generations, evolving into a culinary masterpiece. This versatile casserole boasts a myriad of variations, each embodying the unique culinary traditions of different regions.
From the classic Italian interpretation, featuring layers of tender eggplant, tangy tomatoes, and creamy mozzarella cheese, to the rustic French version, which incorporates hearty ground beef and aromatic herbs, the eggplant aubergine casserole offers a culinary adventure that spans borders.
This article presents a curated collection of eggplant aubergine casserole recipes, each with its own distinct flair. Whether you prefer the simplicity of a traditional Greek casserole, with its layers of eggplant, potatoes, and flavorful tomato sauce, or the richness of a Turkish güveç, featuring melt-in-your-mouth eggplant, juicy lamb, and a medley of spices, you'll find a recipe that suits your palate and culinary preferences.
So, embark on this culinary journey and discover the diverse world of eggplant aubergine casseroles. Let your taste buds be captivated by the harmonious blend of flavors and textures as you explore the vibrant culinary landscapes of the Mediterranean.
EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) CASSEROLE
Make and share this Eggplant (Aubergine) Casserole recipe from Food.com.
Provided by KJ1036
Categories Cheese
Time 1h5m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Heat oil in saucepan.
- Sauté eggplant and onion until soft.
- Remove saucepan from heat and stir through margarine until melted.
- Add remainder of ingredients, and combine well.
- Transfer to a casserole dish, and bake until golden and bubbling, approx 45 minutes.
EASY EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) CASSEROLE
The technique may seem a little strange here, but it is not unlike making a dressing or stuffing for poultry. The end result is a delicious vegetarian main dish for the fall. It has a rich taste and meaty texture; some of my vegetarian friends were very suspicious while eating it, but I wouldn't fool them!
Provided by Jenny Sanders
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h15m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Peel and slice the eggplant 1 cm thick and place the slices on a plate in a single layer.
- Salt them heavily, cover with another plate and weight.
- Leave for 1/2 to one hour.
- Cut the bread into cubes.
- Peel and chop the onion.
- Sauté the bread cubes with the spices in 1 tbsp of olive oil, and lay them in a small lasagne pan when they are nicely browned.
- Rinse and gently squeeze dry the eggplant.
- Cut it in to 1 cm cubes and sauté them, with the onion, in the remaining olive oil, until the eggplant is tender.
- Add the tomatoes and simmer for a few minutes.
- Mix into the toasted bread cubes in the lasagne pan.
- Top with the grated cheese.
- Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes.
BEEF AND EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) CASSEROLE
This is an excellent dish for freezing. I do individual servings for easy defrosting and heating. Hearty dinner for families and guests.
Provided by Caroline Cooks
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h8m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a skillet, brown ground beef, chopped onion and green pepper; drain well.
- Add Italian Seasonings to meat mixture; add diced tomatoes.
- Mix lightly.
- Blend cream of celery soup, hot sauce to taste, and 1 cup milk.
- Spread about 1/4 cup of meat sauce in oil-sprayed baking dish; then layer eggplant, meat mixture, stuffing and top with half of soup mix; repeat.
- Top with grated cheese and bake for 45-50 minutes.
- Let set for 5-10 minutes before serving.
- Top with grated Parmesan cheese.
- Freezes well in individual servings.
EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) -SQUASH CASSEROLE
Make and share this Eggplant (Aubergine) -Squash Casserole recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Wise1
Categories Low Protein
Time 1h5m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Parboil eggplant and squash for two minutes, drain and set aside.
- Heat margarine in sauce pan.
- Saute onion, bell pepper and celery for 5 minutes.
- Add garlic, cook 2 minutes more.
- Add salt black pepper and flour.
- Stir until flour is absorbed.
- Stir in the cream and cheese.
- Remove from heat.
- Add mushrooms to the eggplant-squash mixture.
- Stir in the cream mixture.
- Turn into a lightly buttered 2 quart baking dish.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
- Sprinkle evenly with bread crumbs and bake another 15 minutes or until browned.
- Makes 8 servings.
EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) CREOLE CASSEROLE
tasty and easy recipe. serve with a garden green salad, with large slivers of parma cheese and a glass of red wine. Delicious.
Provided by andypandy
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 40m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Wash and slice the eggplant.
- Sprinkle well with some salt in a strainer and let sit for 30 minutes.
- Rinse salt off well, and pat dry on towelling.
- Heat the first amount of oil in a fry pan and saute each slice of eggplant just until golden with brown colourings.
- Arrange eggplant in the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking pan.
- Hint: sometimes I brush oil on my eggplant and place on a cookie sheet, and bake in the oven turning once to brown each side, maybe a total of 12 minutes, instead of the frying.
- Also with the pan frying you might have to add more oil, as the eggplant will absorb the oil.
- (or use peanut oil which does not get too absorbed into vegie.).
- After layering into your baking dish set oven to 350 degrees F.
- Heat the second tablespoon on olive oil in a skillet and saute onion, peppers, and celery for 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and cook two minutes.
- Add the paste, and water and spices.
- Cook until thickened.
- Pour over the eggplant evenly.
- Sprinkle with the romano cheese.
- Sprinkle with the cheddar cheese.
- Sprinkle with the black pepper freshly ground.
- Bake in the oven until cheese is melted and browned and all is heated thru.
- approximately 15 to 20 minutes.
- As you can tell from this recipe each item is already cooked to your preference before going into the oven for final 15 minutes.
- So the thickness of the sauce and doness of the eggplant is already almost to its peak.
- Alternative topping.
- 3 whole eggs, a quarter cup of cheese grated and 1 cup bread crumbs, make a paste and smear over the top evenly (like a pie crust) then place in oven to bake the 20 minutes.
EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) & HERB STUFFING CASSEROLE
This is the final recipe I am entering from the "1 of a Kind" cookbook of the Junior League of Mobile, AL. It is yet another eggplant recipe, but 1 I found especially appealing for its use of prepared stuffing mix & simple ingredients w/a quick & easy prep. I have not tried this, but hope some of you will give it a try & enjoy the outcome.
Provided by twissis
Categories Cheese
Time 1h5m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Peel, cube & parboil eggplant for 5 min in boiling water. Drain well & set aside.
- Butter a 2 qt baking dish. Begin by sprinkling 2/3 cup of stuffing mix on the bottom & then place 1/2 of the eggplant on top of the stuffing.
- Distribute entire amt of onion, bell pepper & tomato evenly over the eggplant & then 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese over that.
- Then layer on the remainder of the stuffing mix, eggplant & mozzarella cheese (in that order) & top evenly w/Parmesan cheese.
- Bake for 30 min or till hot & bubbly. Serve immediately.
- NOTE #1: This is 1 of several recipes I have seen lately to suggest parboiling eggplant. I have always sauteed eggplant in olive oil till just slightly tender for such uses & assume that can be done here as well if your pref.
- NOTE #2: While not a part of the recipe, the use of garlic here would be a must for me. If you agree, then lightly sprinkle garlic powder (or salt if your choice) over the onion, bell pepper & tomato layer b4 completing assembly of the casserole.
EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) AND CHEESE CASSEROLE
When I first made this, my husband and kids ate it right up. They had no idea it was eggplant. It's a nice change-of-pace side dish.
Provided by Parsley
Categories Cheese
Time 45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325°F
- Spray a 9-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large saucepan over medium heat, boil the 4 cups salted water.
- Add eggplant (and onion, if using it) and continue to boil for 3 minutes; drain.
- In a mixing bowl, combine eggplant, croutons, and half of the cheese.
- Spoon into baking dish.
- In another mixing bowl, combine milk, flour, salt, pepper, and oregano; pour over eggplant mixture in baking dish.
- Top with remaining cheese and drizzle with melted butter.
- Cover and bake at 325F for 20 minutes.
- Uncover and bake for additional 5-7 minutes to melt and brown cheese.
EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) CASSEROLE
Make and share this Eggplant (Aubergine) Casserole recipe from Food.com.
Provided by karen
Categories Cheese
Time 1h10m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Peel eggplant and cut into large chunks.
- Boil in salted water for about 10 minutes or until soft.
- Drain eggplant in collander, then return to pot and mash.
- Add all other ingredients except 1/2 cup of the cheese.
- Spray a casserole dish with cooking spray and pour eggplant mixture into dish.
- Sprinkle remaining cheese on top.
- Bake for 45 minutes.
LOW-FAT, GOOD FAT EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) CASSEROLE
This is adapted from an old Pennsylvania Dutch casserole to fit my ballet diet:) It is extremely good, low fat and has no "empty calories"- everything fits into the AHA/Diabetic Exchange system. Original credit goes to Rachel Sitler of Berwick, PA for a great, versatile recipe. 1 additional cup of tomato juice can be substituted for tomatoes to make a spaghetti sauce or salsa base. Squash or zucchini, of equal volume and in season, can be used instead of eggplant. This recipe always turns out very good, but I have found that its texture varies greatly with small adjustments in temperature, and from oven to oven. Experiment a little first before planning a dinner party around it:) Serves 3-4. Store leftovers for up to four days.
Provided by Emmie Gruchow
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h15m
Yield 3-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F, and prepare vegetables.
- In medium bowl, combine olive oil, eggplant, mushrooms and seasoning.
- Transfer to unprepared baking pan.
- Bake eggplant mixture for 30 minutes.
- Mix onion, tomatoes, tomato juice, salt in medium bowl.
- After thirty minutes, pour tomato juice mixture over eggplant mixture.
- Bake at 350°F for additional half hour.
- Allow to cool a little before serving.
EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) CASSEROLE -- PERFECT FOR PASSOVER
This is one of my most successful attempts at getting my BH to eat something he claims he hates. BH despises eggplant, or so he says. I started making this about 5 years ago (got the idea from my upstairs neighbor). I haven't yet told him about the secret ingredient. Don't you dare tell him either!
Provided by Mirj2338
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 45m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Saute the onion in butter.
- Combine the next 6 ingredients.
- Add the sauteed onion, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
- Stir in the tomatoes.
- Grease a 2-quart casserole and arrange alternate layers of vegetables, cottage cheese and farfel, beginning and ending with vegetables.
- Bake uncovered at 350° for 20 to 30 minutes.
- This may be put together ahead of time and refrigerated.
FISH & EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) CASSEROLE
This is very versatile. I make it sometimes with chicken thigh pieces instead of fish, or even with thinly sliced carrots for a vegetarian version.
Provided by Jenny Sanders
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 50m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Mix the brown sugar, cornstarch, vinegar, soy sauce and water, and set aside.
- Cut the eggplants into 1" dice and the remaining vegetables into slightly smaller dice.
- Saute the eggplant in a mixture of half each of the two oils until soft.
- Place them in a lasagne pan with the fish, cut in chunks, and the ginger.
- Saute the remaining vegetables in the remaining oils until soft, and add them to the casserole.
- Mix the sauce up well and pour it over.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 291.2, Fat 10.2, SaturatedFat 1.8, Cholesterol 42, Sodium 1173.9, Carbohydrate 22.9, Fiber 6.1, Sugar 11.7, Protein 27.2
ITALIAN EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) CASSEROLE
Got this recipe from a friend and she told me that it doesn't really taste like eggplant. She was right, but it does taste delicious.
Provided by nnreq
Categories Meat
Time 1h
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- peel and cube eggplant.
- cover with water and cook until done,drain.
- Cook rice using 1 cup water and1/2 teaspoon salt until all water is boiled away.
- set aside Saute meat in a large skillet.
- add onions, garlic and bell pepper.
- Cook 5 minutes.
- Drain off excess grease add eggplant, rice and soup to meat mixture and mix well.
- cook over a low heat until soup is well heated.
- spoon 1/2 of mixture in a 9x13 casserole dish and cover with half of cheese add remaining mixture and cover with the rest of the cheese.
- bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
TOMATO POTATO AND EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) CASSEROLE
I found this years ago in a Canadian Living Magazine. I made it several times, then forgot about it until recently, only I couldn't find my copy of the recipe. Sooooo, I guessed at it and it came out pretty much the way I remember. My recipe calls for 2 cloves of garlic, but use at your own discretion.
Provided by Karen1961
Categories Potato
Time 2h
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Combine tomatoes, basil, garlic, a sprinkling of salt and pepper and olive oil, toss and let sit for 1/2 to 1 hour.
- Slice potato and eggplant into roughly 1/4" slices.
- Spray a 9" x 9" tall cassarole dish with non-stick spray.
- Layer as follows; tomato, potato, tomato, eggplant, until there aren't any vegetables left.
- Bake in 350 oven for 1 to 1-1/5 hours, periodically pressing vegetables down into the tomato juices.
- Note: Cheese can be omitted, or you can use romano, mozzerella, or parmasan.
- Serve with a green salad.
Tips for Making the Perfect Eggplant Casserole:
- Choose small to medium-sized eggplants. Larger eggplants tend to be more bitter and have more seeds. - Use a sharp knife to cut the eggplants evenly. This will help them cook evenly. - Salt the eggplant slices and let them rest for 30 minutes before cooking. This will help to draw out the bitterness. - Cook the eggplant slices in a large skillet over medium heat until they are golden brown and tender. - Use a variety of fresh herbs and spices to flavor the casserole. Some good options include basil, oregano, thyme, paprika, and garlic powder. - Layer the eggplant slices, tomato sauce, and cheese in a casserole dish. - Bake the casserole in a preheated oven until the cheese is melted and bubbly. - Let the casserole cool for a few minutes before serving. This will help it to set.Conclusion:
Eggplant casserole is a delicious and versatile dish that can be served as a main course or a side dish. It is also a great way to use up leftover eggplant. With its rich flavors and creamy texture, eggplant casserole is sure to be a hit with your family and friends.
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