In “Eggplants from Appetizer to Dessert” we
will take eggplant and make dishes from all
over Southern Italy where eggplant reins
as the queen of vegetables! We will begin
our menu with eggplant “meatballs” found
in Calabria and Sicily. We will then
progress to baked eggplant rolls filled with
pasta, followed by stuffed eggplant, and an
eggplant salad from my town of Verbicaro.
We will conclude on the Amalfi coast with a
unique dessert from the area, combining
eggplant and chocolate.
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Polpette di Melanzane
(Eggplant meatballs)
Involtini di Melanzane con ripieno di Pasta
(Eggplant rolls filled with spaghetti, caciocavallo cheese and topped
with tomato sauce and ricotta affumicata (smoked ricotta))
Melanzane Ripiene
(Eggplant stuffed with ground pork, bread crumbs, pecorino cheese
and baked with a simple tomato sauce)
Insalata di Melanzane
(Strips of cooked eggplants tossed with olive oil, garlic, peperoncino,
mint and vinegar)
Melanzane al Cioccolato
(Eggplants layered and filled with ricotta and chocolate)
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