Unlike traditional eggplant cake, which is made by placing eggpal layers cut into sheets, the cake is prepared with puff pastry. The result is a crispy and soft bite at the same time, since it combines the texture of the puff pastry baked with that of the filling vegetables. To enhance its flavor, we have decided to prepare a delicious and very simple tomato sauce, as well as include two types of cheeses. However, in the end we indicate how to replace these ingredients to make a lighter version. This cake is ideal for those who worship vegetables, since it lends to include all those we want. It is also an ideal dish for informal dinner, because it is fast and delicious. Do not miss the step by step we show in recipes and discover how to make eggplant cake.
| 🚻 4 Diners | 🕘 1h 30m | 🍵 Medium | 🤯 Diverse |
| Ingredients to make easy and light eggplain cake: |
| 2 eggplants 1 piece of fresh mozzarella cheese 1 sheet of puff pastry 2 tablespoons of grated cheese parmesan 1 Tritored tomato boat 1 pinch of salt 1 pinch of pepper 3 tablespoons of olive oil 1 1 egg |
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Ingredients to make easy and light eggplain cake:
1. We wash and cut the eggplants. To make this vegetable cake it is advisable to cut the eggplants into slices 1 cm thick. Once cut, we put them on a plate, leave them and leave them 30 minutes to sweat.
2. In a pan we put the crushed tomato with the tablespoons of oil, a little pepper, salt to taste, and let it cook about 20 minutes over medium heat. It must reduce and run out of water. We can also make our own tomato and onion sauce with natural tomato. Likewise, another option is to make an entire eggplants and tomatoes, cutting them into slices and adding them in the following steps.
3. When the eggplants are, we wash them and put a iron on the fire with a little oil. Once hot, brown the slices of eggplant on both sides. Check the grilled eggplant recipe to know all the details.
4. Now that we have all the ingredients of the filling ready, the time has come to mount the eggplant cake. To do this, we take a mold, we put the puff pastry dough so that it covers both the base and the walls and click the dough with a fork. Then, we put a eggplain layer. To make your own puff pastry, don miss this easy puff pastry recipe.
Trick: The mold we have used is about 20 cm in diameter.
5. Then we place a layer of tomato and distribute mozzarella cheese on top. Again, we add a layer of eggplant, tomato and cheese. We continue like this until we finish the ingredients. If you have opted for entire tomatoes instead of tomato sauce, you should simply put a layer of tomato slices on eggplants.
6. The last layer will be a eggplant and sprinkle on her grated cheese La Taste. With the edges of the puff pastry we cover the dough around, as shown in the image. We beat the egg and with a kitchen brush we paint the puff pastry so that the eggplant cake is with a bright and crispy touch.
7. With the preheated oven at 180 ºC, bake the eggplant cake until golden is. Depending on the power of the oven it will take more or less, but with 10-15 minutes it will be enough. When golden brown, we take it out and serve it.
8. This is a simple eggplant cake recipe, however, we can add other vegetables to the list of ingredients to make it more complete. For example, we can prepare a eggplain and zucchini cake cutting them into slices and adding them to the cake layers. Likewise, we can make eggplant cake and tuna incorporating a couple of drained tuna cans into tomato sauce. Without a doubt, the possibilities are endless!
