Receta Chocolate and Eggplant Cake (Torta di Melanzane al Cioccolato)
A delicious and different way to use all those eggplants we soon will
have from either our own, or from our friends gardens.
Tiempo de Prep: | Italian |
Tiempo para Cocinar: | Raciónes: 8 |
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Grease and line a 8 inch (20 cm) loose-bottomed cake tin.
- Thinly slice the eggplants.
- Sprinkle with salt, put in a bowl, cover and weigh down.
- Leave for 30 minutes.
- Rinse the eggplant slices and pat dry.
- Dust in the flour and then dip into the beaten eggs.
- Heat a frying pan and add the olive oil.
- When the olive oil is hot, add the eggplant slices,
- about 6 slices at a time, and fry for 2-3 minutes, turning once, until golden.
- Drain on kitchen paper.
- Melt the chocolate and butter together.
- Place a layer of eggplant in the bottom of the prepared tin.
- Spread over some of the chocolate mixture and then some cherry conserve.
- Continue layering, ending with a chocolate layer.
- Leave in a cool place, but not in the fridge,
- until the chocolate has set.
- To serve, sprinkle with sifted icing sugar.