Eggplant with tomato cheese and garlic in the oven in circles

4 servings
40 min

How do you bake eggplants in circles in the oven with tomatoes cheese and garlic? Prepare everything you need to make eggplant in the oven. Rinse blue, tomatoes, peeled garlic and a bunch of greens in clean water.

Cut the aubergines into circles about 1 centimeter thick. Put the circles in a deep container, fill with two tablespoons (with a slide) of salt, fill with cold water and mix everything so that the salt dissolves. Salt water will draw out bitterness from the blue ones and thanks to this procedure, when fried in a pan, the eggplant will absorb much less vegetable oil.

So that the circles do not float to the surface and are completely immersed in salt water, cover them on top, for example, with a plate and install a light load. Hold the eggplant in the water this way for about 20-30 minutes.

Drain the water, and lightly squeeze the blue ones with your hands.

Cut tomatoes into circles slightly smaller than aubergines (about 5-7 millimeters).

Prepare the sauce to lubricate the aubergine, it will give the juiciness and aroma to the finished dish. Add mayonnaise, garlic and allspice passed through the press to a small container. Mix everything thoroughly. The sauce can be left in this form, or you can add your favorite seasonings to it if you wish.

I added a frozen mixture of Provence herbs and a pinch of nutmeg.

Next, you can choose from two options. The first cooking option without first frying: Put the eggplant circles immediately after soaking on a baking tray lined with baking paper. The second option with preliminary frying: pour vegetable oil into the pan, heat it over high heat and fry the eggplant circles on one side until golden.

I tried both options, but the second was more popular, the taste of the finished dish seemed more saturated and complete. Place the eggplant circles on a baking sheet.

Brush each eggplant mug with a little sauce.

Top with the chopped tomatoes.

Sprinkle with grated cheese. In the recipe, I used Gouda's grated purchased cheese.

Send the aubergines to a preheated oven. The time and temperature can vary greatly depending on which oven you are using. I baked in the electric oven on the & quot; top-bottom & quot; at a temperature of 200 degrees for about 20 minutes. Then the mode was changed to convection and baked for about five minutes, until the cheese became brown and took on a mouth-watering golden crust. Sprinkle the ready-made aubergines with fine-cut fresh herbs.

Let the aubergines brew for at least five minutes and serve to the table!