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Eggplant Mini Pizzas

17/11/2023

Eggplant mini pizzas are a delicious snack and a creative way to enjoy vegetables with a Mediterranean twist. Here’s how to prepare them.

Ingredients

  • 2 large eggplants
  • Tomato sauce as needed
  • Mozzarella for pizza or fiordilatte, diced
  • Fresh basil
  • Dried oregano
  • Salt
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Grated parmesan (optional)
  • Pitted black olives (optional)

Preparation

  1. Start by washing the eggplants and cutting them into circular slices about 1 cm thick. Arrange them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

  2. Lightly salt both sides and let them rest for about 20 minutes so they release some of their water content. After this time, pat them dry with kitchen paper.

  3. Preheat the oven to 200°C.

  4. Drizzle olive oil over each eggplant slice and bake them for about 15 minutes until they start to become tender.

  5. Remove the eggplants from the oven, reduce the temperature to 180°C, and add a tablespoon of tomato sauce to each slice, spreading it well over the surface.

  6. Add the diced mozzarella, a pinch of oregano, some fresh basil leaves and, if desired, a bit of grated parmesan and some sliced black olives.

  7. Put the eggplant mini pizzas back in the oven and cook until the mozzarella is nice and stringy and slightly golden, which generally takes about another 10-15 minutes.

  8. Take the eggplant mini pizzas out of the oven and serve them hot as an appetizer or as a tasty vegetarian second course.

Curiosity

Eggplant mini pizzas are a vegetable variation of the classic pizza and can be enriched with all those ingredients that are usually found on a traditional pizza. For instance, you can vary by adding anchovies, capers or cooked ham for an extra touch of flavor.