Eggplant Croquettes
From eastcoaster 8 years ago
- 30-35 min to make
- Serves 6
A dish from the South of Italy
Ingredients
- 2 large eggplants shopping list
- 1 garlic clove shopping list
- a few basil leaves shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- grated Parmesan cheese shopping list
- 1 stale roll shopping list
- breadcrumbs shopping list
- oil for deep frying shopping list
How to make it
- Peel the eggplant and cut into cubes
- Place these in a pot filled with cold salted water
- once the water boils, cook the eggplant for about 10 minutes
- Drain and cool, then squeeze well to eliminate excess water
- Put in a bowl
- Mince the garlic and basil and add to the eggplant
- Add the egg, a pinch of salt and lots of Parmesan Cheese
- and the soft part of the roll
- Mix well with your hands until it forms into a malleable mixture
- If it is to soft add some breadcrumbs
- Let rest in the fridge for ten minutes
- Shape into croquettes about the size of a walnut and flatten slightly
- Coat with breadcrumbs and fry in abundant oil until golden brown and crusty.
- Growing up in Little Italy, there were a mixture of Southern and Northern Italians (I'm from the North) the dialects may have been different, but food is food after all:)) We all shared
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