How To Make Classic Eggplant Parmesan. Even eggplant haters are familiar with the iconic dish of eggplant Parmesan. After all, Parmesan coated eggplant slices smothered in tomato sauce and baked until tender is a simple comfort food at its very best. While the preparations are straightforward, a few tricks will help you make the tastiest eggplant Parmesan yet. Focaccia Sandwich more. Salt the Eggplant. Salting eggplant is a lore weve debated a bit. Supposedly the habit of salting eggplant before cooking was born as a way to mitigate bitter eggplant. Modern eggplant has had bitterness nearly bred out of it, so many cooks have given up the practice. Salting the slices for eggplant Parmesan is not to prevent bitter flavors, but to season the eggplant itself and, at least in my experience, keep the eggplant from sucking up too much of the olive oil from frying. Fried eggplant slices are elemental to this classic preparation. How to Make Homemade Alfredo Sauce. Alfredo sauce comes from Rome, and involves a velvety blend of butter, parmesan cheese and heavy cream. Stores market. Learn how to make this cheesy Veggie Lasagna in Parmesan Cream Sauce Combine grated Parm, creamy ricotta and a fourcheese blend in this tasty dish. There are recipes that roast, toast, or bake the eggplant for eggplant Parmesan, and while theyre surely tasty, they arent the classic. Frying can be messy and greasy, but we can avoid both here by using just a small amount of oil and pan frying the eggplant instead of deep frying. Frying the Parmesan crusted eggplant gives the dish a deep caramelized flavor that can not be mimicked by baking. Serves 4 to 6 What You Need. Ingredients. 2 large eggplants about 2 12 pounds total. Parmesan cheese about 8 ounces, divided. Equipment. Chefs knife. Cutting board. Paper towels. Measuring cups and spoons. Wire cooling rack. Baking sheet. 8x. Large straight sided skillet. Instructions. Slice and salt eggplant Trim the stems from the eggplants and slice into 14 inch thick rounds. This should yield 1. Lay the rounds out on a wire rack set over a baking sheet and sprinkle both sides with the salt. Let the rounds sit for 1 hour. Meanwhile, set up the dredging station. Set up a dredging station Combine the breadcrumbs and 1 cup of the Parmesan cheese in a small bowl. Place the flour in second small bowl. Whisk the eggs in a third small bowl. Arrange the bowls assembly line style in this order flour, egg, breadcrumb mixture. Heat the oven Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 3. F. Bread the eggplant Rinse the salt from the eggplant slices and pat dry with paper towels. Dip each eggplant slice completely in the flour, followed by the egg, and finally the breadcrumb mixture. Place the breaded slices back on the rack. Fry the eggplant Heat the oil in a large straight sided skillet over medium high heat until shimmering. Fry the slices 4 at a time to avoid crowding the pan until golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Place each batch of cooked eggplant back on the rack. Layer the casserole Pour 12 cup of the sauce into an 8x. Place 13 of the eggplant slices in an even layer on top of the tomato sauce. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the mozzarella. Top with 1 cup of the sauce in an even layer. Repeat these layers two more times with the remaining eggplant, mozzarella, and sauce. Sprinkle with the remaining 12 cup of Parmesan. Bake Bake until the eggplant is tender and the cheese is melted and bubbly, about 3. Recipe Notes. Make ahead The eggplant can be salted and rinsed the night before, and then stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Storage Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Tomato sauce We used How To Make Basic Tomato Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes in this recipe. Penne Pasta with a Parmesan Cream Sauce. All throughout my high school and college years, I worked at a local sit down restaurant. I loved the job, the people, and most importantly, I loved the food on the menu The menu would change every six or so months, but a few of the classic dishes always stayed the same. The creamy chicken penne pasta was one of the most popular dishes and in all the 7 years I worked there, this dish was never removed or changed from the menu. So today Im bringing you my own twist on this famous creamy chicken penne pasta. The one Im copycatting actually had a few more ingredients shrimp and artichokes, but Im simplifying it a bit and lightening it up. As much as I loved this dish and ate it way too often, I never felt amazing after eating a bowl of it. Its loaded with butter and heavy cream which is delicious during the eating and not so much after. So today, Im taking out a few ingredients to make the prep faster AND Im lightening it up a whole bunch. Im not saying this is a healthy dish per se, but the sauce is FAR healthier than heavy cream based sauces. Its also still super simple and quick to make you can have this on the table in 3. Technically this dish can be made in ONE pot, but it does take a little bit longer to do it the one pot route. For one pot, you cook the pasta first in the pot and then drain it. In that same pot, you can then quickly saut the mushrooms and sun dried tomatoes, remove those and make the cream sauce. Once the cream sauce is finished, everything gets tossed together and its ready to DEVOUR. This versatile creamy sauce is also great over steamed veggies and multigrain pasta. These skilletcooked chicken breasts are served with a rich, creamy Parmesan sauce flavored with garlic and green onions. Make and share this Buffalo Wild WingsLike Parmesan Garlic Sauce recipe from Genius Kitchen. This is, in some ways, a classic meatless baked ziti, loaded with pools of cheese and rich tomato sauce. But it gets rid of the one thing that can often make baked. A Lighter Creamy Penne Chicken Pasta Dish with mushrooms, spinach, and sundried tomatoes. Easy, 30minute dinner that can be made in ONE potIf you want to make this dish a little quicker, you can use 2 pots. One pot cooks the pasta while the other prepares the mushrooms tomatoes and then the cream sauce. Either way this comes together quickly and its so delicious Feel free to double the cream sauce if you like things extra creamy, but it wont be nearly as light of a dish with double the sauce Enjoy Chicken Penne Pasta with a Lightened up Parmesan Cream Sauce. This baked casserole dish is an easy and quick chicken breast recipe, perfect for any night of the week. A Lighter Creamy Penne Chicken Pasta Dish with mushrooms, spinach, and sun dried tomatoes. Easy, 3. 0 minute dinner that can be made in ONE pot Penne Pasta use Barilla Pronto for super quick prep12cupsundried tomatoes packed in oil,coarsely chopped. Parmesan cheese. 1tablespoonolive oil or oil from the sundried tomatoes3tablespoonsunsalted butter. Italian seasoning. Parmesan cheese. Salt and Pepper,to taste. Optional fresh thyme. Cook the penne pasta according to package directions. Drain and set aside. In the same pot, over medium heat, add in 1 tablespoon of oil from the sundried tomatoes. Add in the mushrooms and stir for 3 4 minutes. Add in the coarsely chopped tomatoes and stir for another 1 2 minutes. Dump this mixture on top of the set aside Penne. In the same pot again return to the burners and put at medium high heat, add 1 more tablespoon sundried tomato oil OR olive oil and the butter. Once the butter is melted, stir in the garlic and stir until fragrant, about 3. Slowly add in the flour, whisking constantly. Whisk for one minute. Slowly add in the chicken broth while whisking and then slowly add in the milk while continuing to whisk. Increase the heat and allow the mixture to get to a boiling point and then reduce and allow to simmer until thickened, stirring occasionally. Add in the Italian seasoning and Parmesan cheese and season with salt and pepper to taste. Once the sauce is thickened, add back in the pasta veggie mixture. Add in the leftover rotisserie chicken or leftover grilled chicken and spinach to warm through get the spinach to wilt for 2 3 minutes over medium high heat. Stir the ingredients until combined and add in the 12 cup Parmesan cheese. Stir and enjoy immediately garnished with fresh thyme if desired. More pasta dishes Mexican Pasta Salad. One Skillet Creamy Cajun and Sausage Pasta. One skillet Cheesy Taco Pasta.