Thread: Italian Eggplant with Garlic (P1)

Italian Eggplant with Garlic (P1)

½ cup extra virgin olive oil
3 cloves garlic, sliced
¼ cup minced fresh basil
1 ½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon cracked black pepper
4 small eggplants (12 oz each) or 10 baby eggplants (3 oz each)
1 TB grated lemon peel

Directions:
1.In 1-quart saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat; add garlic slices and cook, stirring occasionally until lightly browned. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in minced basil, salt and pepper.
2.Preheat broiler. Cut eggplant lengthwise into ¾-inch slices. Lightly score both sides of each slice w/ a crisscross pattern.
3.Place half of eggplant slices in single layer on rack in broiling pan. Brush lightly w/ olive oil mixture from saucepan. Broil eggplant 7 to 9 inches from heat source for 10 min. Turn eggplant over, brush w/ remaining mixture, gently pressing garlic slices and minced basil into slits in eggplant.
Broil eggplant 10 min. longer, until fork-tender; transfer to platter. Sprinkle eggplant with lemon peel.

thanks tom for the info......about eggplant recipe

I wish I knew how to broil food. I don't even know if our oven has a broiler. It has that on the oven knob but where is it? lol I'm not much of a cook as you can tell. Though I do make a mean pan-fried chicken breast! But that's about all I know how to do. haha Thanks for this recipe. Maybe when I figure out how to use the broiler and which what kind of pan I'll give it a try. I feel like such a doof. Thanks for the recipe! I may just try it in the oven. I don't think my mom knows how to use teh broiler either. A lot of help she is to me when it comes to cooking! *giggle*