Eggplant Aubergine Creole Casserole Recipes

Steps:

• Peel the eggplants and cut them into large cubes. Place the cubes in a large saucepan and sprinkle them with 1 teaspoon of the salt. Add 2 cups water and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and let cook until the eggplant is soft, about 45 minutes. Drain off the water and mash the eggplant well with a potato masher, or puree in a food processor or blender.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F Brown the ground beef in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Pour off the excess fat. Add the onions, bell pepper, celery, and garlic. Stir well, cover, and let cook until the vegetables are transparent, about 20 minutes. Stir in the thyme, the rest of the salt and the peppers, and cook for 5-7 minutes more. Mix in the pureed eggplant, cook 2 minutes more, and remove from heat. Stir in 1 3/4 cups of the bread crumbs.
• Butter a casserole dish and sprinkle with the remaining bread crumbs. Pour in the eggplant mixture and bake in the oven until bubbling and just beginning to brown, about 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Heat the butter and olive oil together in large skillet.
• Add the onion, celery, and garlic and saute over low heat until the onion is translucent.
• Add the diced bell pepper and continue to saute until the onion is golden.
• In the meantime, stem the eggplants and cut them in half lengthwise.
• With a sharp knife, score each half several times lengthwise and across, carefully removing the pulp.
• Leave a sturdy shell of about 1/4" all around.
• Chop the eggplant pulp and add it to the skillet mixture along with all the remaining ingredients except the bread crumbs.
• Add a bit of water, just enough to keep the mixture moist.
• Simmer, covered, over low heat until the eggplant is tender, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the bread crumbs.
• Set the eggplant shells in an oiled shallow baking dish, which should be of a size that they can be securely propped up against each other.
• Stuff the eggplant shells with the sauteed mixture, then drizzle them with 2 tablespoons of melted butter apiece.
• Bake at 375 degrees F for 30-40 minutes, or until the shells are tender but not collapsed.
• Serve with a bit of grated Parmesan for garnish.
• Note: if you do not like green bell pepper, you might want to try substituting with orange, yellow, or red bell pepper.

Steps:

• Boil eggplants until soft.
• Saute onion, chopped shrimp, and celery in butter or oil; combine with eggplant.
• Put in baking pan and sprinkle with bread crumbs or cracker crumbs.
• Bake approximately 30 minutes at 350°F.

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.

Steps:

• Bake eggplant in a pan with water at 350° for 30 minutes.
• Make the cream sauce by blending the flour into the butter and gradually adding milk. Let cool.
• Scoop out eggplant pulp, leaving shell intact for stuffing.
• Saute chopped pulp, scallion, parsley, shrimp and crabmeat together.
• Add the cream sauce and cook together until heated through.
• Stuff eggplant shells with mixture and sprinkle with bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese.
• Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until tops are brown.

Steps:

• Peel the eggplant, then cook in boiling water for 10 minutes.
• Drain and dice the cooked eggplant.
• Mix together all the ingredients through the pepper.
• Put into a greased casserole dish.
• Cover with the cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees for an hour.

Steps:

• Cook eggplant in small amount of water until tender.
• Drain and mash.
• Combine all ingredients, reserving 1/2 cup each of the cheese and crackers and a small amount of the margarine.
• Pour into a 9x13 greased baking dish.
• Top with the reserved cheese, crackers and small amount of melted margarine.
• Bake at 325° to 350° for 25 to 30 minutes.

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.

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.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
• In a large skillet, heat butter till it foams.
• Add the onion, celery, and garlic and saute over low heat until the onion is translucent.
• Sprinkle in the flour, stirring until well blended.
• Add the herbs and saute, stirring until the mixture just begins to brown.
• Add the milk and the diced eggplant (about 1 1/2 lbs).
• Cover and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the eggplant is quite tender.
• Add a bit of water from time to time if necessary, just enough to keep the bottom of the skillet moist.
• Remove from the heat.
• Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl.
• Add the bread crumbs, cheese, salt and pepper to taste, cayenne, and 3 egg yolks.
• In another bowl, beat the 3 egg whites until they form stiff peaks, then fold them gently into the eggplant mixture.
• Pour the mixture into a well-oiled 1 1/2 qt baking casserole or souffle pan.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown.
• Let the souffle sit for 5 minutes, then serve at once.