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Eggplants and Chocolate


Eggplants and Chocolate
Description servings: 6
calories: high
category: dessert
cost: medium
difficulty: medium
preparation time: 90
 
Ingredients Eggplants  6 of about 150 gr. each
Salt  to taste
Ricotta cheese  200 gr.
Sugar  100 gr.
Bitter Chocolate  a bar
Candied peel  as required
Biscuits  as required
Vanilla  as required
Crumbed almond biscuits  as required
Eggs  2
Almonds  40 gr.

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Preparation Leave the eggplants under salt for about half an hour then rinse them and fry them. Let them drain until all the excess oil has gone. Prepare a mixture with the Ricotta, candied peels, beaten eggs, vanilla, the crushed almonds, the crumbed almond biscuits and the sugar (use as many biscuits as required to thicken the mixture). Melt the chocolate with a little milk.

Now prepare the oven dish as though it were the Parmigiano. Put the layers of eggplants with the mixture in between until the ingredients are finished but put the chocolate in the place of the tomato sauce. Put the rest of the chocolate on the top. Put the dish in the oven for about twenty minutes. Then let it cool. Keep it in the refrigerator and serve cold.
 
The Chef's tips We recommend you drink a white wine such as the Falanghina with your dish.
 
Curiosity This is a typical dish of the Almalfi coast and is prepared for a saint day in September