{"id":281,"date":"2011-08-13T15:29:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T15:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/?p=281"},"modified":"2011-08-13T15:39:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T15:39:25","slug":"eggplant-gratin-serves-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/?p=281","title":{"rendered":"EGGPLANT GRATIN  (serves four)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>1 \u00bd pounds of eggplant, unpeeled, sliced \u00bd inch thick<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>\u00bd cup ricotta cheese<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>2 extra large eggs<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>\u00bd cup half and half<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>1 cup fresh ground Parmesan cheese<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>Kosher salt<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>Fresh ground black pepper<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>A cup of good bottled marinara sauce<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Heat oven to 425 degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heat about 1\/8 inch olive oil in a very large frying pan over medium heat.\u00a0 When oil is almost smoking, add several slices of eggplant and cook, turning once, until they are evenly browned on both sides and cooked through, about 5 minutes.<br \/>\nTransfer cooked eggplant slices to paper towels to drain.\u00a0 Add more oil, heat it and add more eggplant until all the slices are cooked.\u00a0Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix together the ricotta, eggs, half and half, \u00bd cup of Parmesan, \u00bc t. salt, and \u00bc t. pepper.\u00a0 In a glass Pyrex dish, place a layer of eggplant slices, then sprinkle with Parmesan, salt and pepper and spoon on marinara sauce.\u00a0 Next add a second layer of eggplant, more salt and pepper, the ricotta mixture and finally grated<br \/>\nParmesan on top.\u00a0 Place the casserole in the oven and bake for 10 minutes; lower the heat to 375 degrees and bake for another 20 minutes or until the custard sets and the top is browned.\u00a0 Serve warm. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 \u00bd pounds of eggplant, unpeeled, sliced \u00bd inch thick \u00bd cup ricotta cheese 2 extra large eggs \u00bd cup half and half 1 cup fresh ground Parmesan cheese Kosher salt Fresh ground black pepper A cup of good bottled &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/?p=281\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegetables","tag-eggplant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285,"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}