tania:
This recipe not only is easy and extremely yummy, it also looks amazing! Perfect for a dinner party where you want to impress the guests!
When you think of Flan recipes, the first thing that comes to mind is rarely easy. However, with the incorporation of wonderfully tasty Piave DOP cheese, success is guarateed both from your tasting experience and your cooking time requirements. A super-straight forward ingredient list is carried over into a simple preparation process, which makes this innovative and creative veggie-based recipe a perfect solution for a quick dinner or mid-day meal. If you're a fan of eggplants and cheese, as many Italian-foodies might be, this is a terrific authentic Italian eggplant recipe you won't want to miss trying out. And once you get the quick hang of the simple prep steps, you might find yourself preparing a delicious quick Italian eggplant recipe a lot more regularly! Give it a shot for dinner tonight and shre your final results with the Mamablip community so we can see how it turned out for you! Was it a big hit with your family and loved ones too? For lots of other delicious veggie recipe ideas, be sure to check out the Mamablip Recipe Index. Curious about the Piave DOP Cheese's history? Check out the Piave DOP Cheese Consortium page for all the information on this terrific Italian dairy delicacy! Stay tuned and sign up below for our Mamablip Newsletter!
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Filippo Bartolotta
for 4 servings
Step
1
Of 3
Wash the eggplants well, cut them into very thin and regular slices, dip them in flour and fry them in plenty of boiling oil.
Drain them and put them to dry on absorbent paper. Dice the Piave DOP Mezzano cheese.
Line the moulds with the eggplants, add the cheese and close the flan, finishing with another slice of eggplant.
Bake in the preheated oven at 180 °C for 15 minutes. Serve on a plate with a little tomato sauce and the eggplant flan.
Step
2
Of 3
Put the cream in a small pot and heat until very hot.
In a blender put the previously grated cheese, the eggs, the mascarpone and the hot cream.
Blend everything until liquid and without lumps.
Step
3
Of 3
Serve immediately.
Add a sprinkle of cheese on top of the flan if you like.
Try it with...
Filippo Bartolotta
Elegant, modern and bright - a very special bottle of bubbles
View productA definite balance between sweet and savory flavors that linger pleasantly.
View productElegant, modern and bright - a very special bottle of bubbles
View productA definite balance between sweet and savory flavors that linger pleasantly.
View producttania Monday 15th of February 2021
A lovely vegetarian dish and beautiful presentation!
This recipe not only is easy and extremely yummy, it also looks amazing! Perfect for a dinner party where you want to impress the guests!
Sara Tuesday 16th of February 2021
Eggplant and Cheese heaven!
Cheese is without a doubt one of my absolute favorite things in the world! To avoid eating chunks of it straight out of the fridge, I have always looked for recipes to incorporate my daily fix of dairy, and this eggplant flan is just what I needed!