Finger foods or small snacks are undoubtedly the most popular foods. They are very easy to eat, have a beautiful appearance and can be decorated in different ways. Instead of pizza dough, this eggplant pizza has a slice of eggplant baked in the oven, which is why it is very low in calories and healthy.
After grilling the eggplant in the oven, cover it with pizza sauce and cheese and put it back in the oven to melt the cheese. Of course, you can also use the grill instead of the oven in this recipe. Here we have the recipe for pizza sauce, but you can also use marinara sauce or prepare the sauce in advance. In this way, eggplant pizza is prepared in half an hour and is very, very easy to prepare. Eggplant pizza is completely vegetarian and is a great choice for vegetarians alike.
Ingredients :
- Large eggplant: 1 pc
- Coarse grain salt: 1 tbsp
- Chopped garlic: 3 cloves
- Italian spices: 1 tsp
- Grated mozzarella cheese: 1 cup
To make pizza sauce:
- Oil: 1 tbsp
- Chopped garlic: 1 large clove
- Peeled tomatoes: 350 g
- Salt: 1 tsp
- Chopped basil and parsley: 2 tbsp
- Tomato paste: 1 tbsp
How to prepare:
First of all, you need to make a pizza sauce. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan over medium heat. Fry the garlic a little until it starts to change color and turns a little brown. Now put the garlic aside in a bowl and put the chopped tomatoes in the pan.
Put the lid on the pan for a while so that the tomatoes are a little soft and turn them upside down from time to time. After about 15 minutes when the tomatoes are completely soft, add the hot garlic, salt, basil and parsley and a tablespoon of tomato paste and mix. Continue frying for another 5 minutes until your sauce is even. If the sauce thickens too much at any stage of the process, add a little warm water. Your sauce is ready after cooling. You should have about 1 cup of pizza sauce.
Peel an eggplants with a knife, slice it into slices a little thicker than half an inch. Sprinkle coarse salt on the eggplant rings and place them on a clean towel for 10 minutes. After this time, wash the eggplants and dry them with a kitchen towel.
Preheat the oven to 200. C. In a small bowl, mix the crushed garlic cloves, olive oil and Italian spices and rub the liquid on both sides of the eggplant rings using a brush. Now place the eggplants on a greased baking tray and place in the oven for 15 minutes.
After this time, remove the tray from the oven. Turn the eggplants upside down. Pour a tablespoon of pizza sauce on each ring and sprinkle some mozzarella cheese on it. Return the tray to the oven and wait another 10 minutes for the cheese to melt completely.
Eggplant pizza is ready for your bite.
