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Recipe: Fresh Ingredients, Locally Grown.

Baked Eggplant

By Cecelia Verderosa September 20, 2016
All ingredients for this recipe can be purchased at local Greenmarkets! For a full list of Staten Island's local market, visit our article HERE.


Ingredients:

cooking spray
1 eggplant, sliced into 1/2" thick rounds
3 tomatoes, sliced
1 TBL olive oil
1 tsp oregano
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
salt & pepper to taste



Directions:


  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare a baking dish with non-stick play.
  2. Arrange eggplant and tomato slices into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Drizzle olive oil over the vegetables; season with oregano, salt, and pepper. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the entire mixture.
  3. Bake in preheated oven until the cheese is beginning to brown, about 30 minutes. Switch oven broiler to high; continue baking until completely browned, about 5 minutes.