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How To Make Eggplant Cheese Sandwiches with Tomato Sauce
Amp up your snack game with these loaded eggplant and goat cheese sandwiches that are made even tastier with a sauce using crushed tomatoes and tarragon.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1tbspolive oil
- 1small onion
- 3cupscrushed tomatoes in thick puree,(28 oz) canned
- 1½tspdried tarragon
- 1¼tspsalt
- 1tspsugar
- ½tspfresh ground black pepper
- 1cupdry bread crumbs
- ½cupparmesan,grated
- 2eggplants,peeled and cut to make 16 ½-inch thick slices
- 4eggs
- cooking oil,for frying
- ½lbmild goat cheese
Instructions
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In a medium saucepan, heat the olive oil over moderately low heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes until translucent.
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Add the tomatoes, tarragon, ¾ teaspoon of salt, and sugar and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 25 minutes. Stir in ¼ teaspoon of the pepper.
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Meanwhile, heat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, combine the bread crumbs, Parmesan, and the remaining salt and pepper.
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Dip each slice of eggplant in the eggs and then in the bread-crumb mixture, coating well.
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In a large frying pan, heat about ½ an inch of cooking oil over moderate heat until very hot. Fry the eggplant in the hot oil, in batches, turning once, for 1 to 2 minutes per side until golden and cooked through. Drain on paper towels.
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Arrange ½ of the eggplant slices in a single layer on a baking sheet. Put a slice of goat cheese on top of each and then top with the remaining eggplant slices. Bake for about 10 minutes until the cheese melts.
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Put the sauce on plates and top with the eggplant.
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Serve and enjoy.
Nutrition
- Calories: 634.21kcal
- Fat: 35.18g
- Saturated Fat: 14.25g
- Trans Fat: 0.05g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13.94g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.93g
- Carbohydrates: 52.60g
- Fiber: 13.27g
- Sugar: 21.43g
- Protein: 32.04g
- Cholesterol: 198.68mg
- Sodium: 1468.71mg
- Calcium: 465.22mg
- Potassium: 1333.85mg
- Iron: 6.37mg
- Vitamin A: 293.37µg
- Vitamin C: 24.02mg
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