With the arrival of summer, many stock up with fans, because the hot days make themselves felt. Cooks also did not become an exception to this rule, but they invented a special fan for themselves and those around them - from ripe eggplants!
The taste of such an appetizing vegetable snack is very bright, it is prepared for a short time and perfectly nourishes the body. Anyone who has ever tried such a culinary masterpiece is unlikely to cook eggplants differently! However, this recipe has its own cooking secrets, so in order not to be mistaken with its creation - fully rely on us and follow the step by step preparation.
Eggplant fan is so relevant when ordering in European restaurants that you can easily find such a snack and menu of domestic cafes and restaurants, but it will cost much more than the one you cook at home. Try and eat and save your money, and we will be happy to help you with this!
For 1 serving of vegetable fan, you will need:
- 1 large eggplant;
- 2-3 tomatoes;
- 100 g of hard cheese;
- 0.5 tsp. salts;
- 2-3 pinches of dried basil;
- 10 ml of vegetable oil.
If you are going to cook several servings for relatives or friends, respectively, multiply the indicated product by the number of people. Eggplant pick ripe and dense.
Cut the eggplant, washed in water, flat, lightly, without cutting to the end, into plates. The tail while cutting the vegetable is not necessary. Rub each of the plates with salt, trying to completely cover the flesh, and set aside for 5-6 minutes. Thanks to this procedure, eggplant will release all its bitterness with salt.
While the vegetable is settling - take up other products: hard cheese is also cut into plates, and washed tomatoes - into slices, cutting out of them in the process of cutting green hearts.
You should not use soft cheese of the following type for the recipe: mozzarella, feta, etc., as it melts and burns when baking, releasing excess liquid. Hard cheese is required: Dutch, Russian, Okhtyrsky.
Wash the eggplant in water, washing it off with salt and bitterness, and then put it into a mold, greased with vegetable oil, gently pressing and opening the vegetable in the form of a fan.
Place slices of tomatoes in the cuts. You should not thrust them deeply - they should be practically on the surface.
Then put slices of hard cheese in the cuts on the tomatoes.
Pour over the remaining vegetable oil and sprinkle with salt and dried basil.
Send the form with a vegetable fan to the oven for 20-25 minutes at 180 ° C and watch the surface, as it should not be burnt. Perfectly prepared fan - with baked cheese, soft eggplant and tomatoes, from which comes a stunning aroma.
Take out the cooked dish on a plate and serve it with greens. Also relevant would be sauces: mayonnaise, tar-tar and others to your taste. Fans of spicy can add a little peeled and pressed garlic to the serve. Good appetite!
To calculate the cost of the whole portion, we need to calculate the cost of products:
- 1 large eggplant - 10 rubles;
- 2-3 tomatoes - 3 rubles .;
- 100 g of hard cheese - 15 rubles;
- 10 ml of vegetable oil - 2 rubles;
- 2-3 pinches of dried basil - 2 rub.
Total: the portion of the most tasty culinary snack from vegetables will make 32 rubles, but it will be so nourishing and tasty that you will hardly master the whole portion! The same restaurant option starts at about 100 rubles per serving, so choose for yourself - where it is tastier, healthier and cheaper to eat!
