Tomato Topped Eggplant ‘Steak’
Posted on May 21st, 2007 9:30 pm
Have I told you how much I love Alton Brown? He inspired this recipe based on his Eggplant Steaks. I thought tomato would be a good compliment and add a bit of color. Sorry about the picture, I should not have taken it on a black plate, you really can’t see the eggplant.
- 1 medium eggplant (cut in about ½ inch slices)
- 1/8 cup Worcestershire Sauce
- 1/8 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/8 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp olive oil
- ½ tsp each onion powder, garlic powder, dried basil (or Italian seasoning)
- Salt & pepper
- 1-2 medium tomatoes (enough to slice and top the eggplant)
- Parmesan cheese (about 1 tbsp)
First, you have to purge the eggplant to remove the excess water. Rinse the slices with water, lay them on a rack and sprinkle with salt. Let them sit for at least 15 minutes then dab with a paper towel to remove the excess water. You can rinse the salt off and repeat if necessary.
While the eggplant is “purging” make the marinade. Wisk the Worcestershire Sauce, apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar, honey, olive oil and dry spices.
Preheat the broiler.
Lay the eggplant on a broiling pan and brush the tops with a liberal amount of the marinade. Broil for about 2-3 minutes until brown. Remove from broiler, flip the eggplant and brush again with marinade. Return to the broiler for 2-3 more minutes. Remove from the broiler again. This time top with a tomato slice, sprinkled with salt, pepper and a bit of bail (or fresh basil leaf) and parmesan cheese. Return to the broiler for 1-2 more minutes until the cheese melts.
I ended up with 9 “steaks” and a boat load of marinade leftover. You can easily use this marinade for 2 eggplants for a larger batch.
I have NO idea how many points but it’s low. I ate 4 with a side of broccoli so FILLING. I’m estimating it as 2 points for the whole batch.
Remember… try something new!! You may be surprised! :~)
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posted by Roni
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11:25 PM
1 Comments :
7 Original Responses to “Tomato Topped Eggplant ‘Steak’”
on 21 May 2007 at 9:55 pm1 michelle
Are eggplant bitter tasting at all? Are they an aquired taste? I don’t remember ever having it in my life!
on 22 May 2007 at 7:46 am2 roni
@Michelle - They really have no flavor at all but they absorb flavors nicely. Kind of like mushrooms but “meatier”.
on 22 May 2007 at 8:46 am3 dulcie
Okay I put it into recipe builder… I estimated the eggplant to be about 5 cups and the tomato 2 cups so I could get a good number for points… If you ate all 5 cups of eggplant and 2 cups of tomato along with everything else…as in..thats just one serving… recipe builder puts it at 7 points. So just divide how many you want for a serving and figure out the points that way.
on 22 May 2007 at 9:02 am4 roni
@dulcie - Wait. I don’t get it. 1 eggplant (2), 1-2 tomato (0-1), Parmesan cheese (1), marinade (1). That’s a max of 5 for the whole batch. No?
Plus a majority of the marinade is left over. I would count it as 2 points a serving for two servings but ‘crazy Roni math’ has been known to be wrong! ;~)
This is why I don’t count activity points! I account for my mistakes.
on 22 May 2007 at 11:06 am5 mtngirlincali
I love that you love Alton, too. ;) I feel like such a geek when I watch his shows, but he definitely appeals to the nerd in all of us!! Was going to say that people were mentioning they found your site from MSN yesterday– do you know if they did an article on you? I’ve searched and can’t find it!
on 22 May 2007 at 11:43 am6 dulcie
Roni… your marinade is actually more than 1. the vinegars seperate are 0 points, but when you add then together… say 1/2 cup of vinegar (both) is 1 point…
I refigured it on my own and actually came up with 6.5 points but the ww food builder says 7.
And like you said..thats if you ate all the marinade.
I just always plug your recipes in and keep them written down with the recipes after I print them, that way I know for sure :)
activity points confuse me too!
on 22 May 2007 at 11:47 am7 roni
@dulcie - Ahhh I didn’t know that about vinegar!! Thanks!
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