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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Sprinkle the eggplant with salt. Place the eggplant in a colander, and let it drain for 30 minutes. | 2. Rinse the eggplant, and pat it dry. | 3. Cook the ziti al dente according to the package directions. | 4. Drain and rinse the pasta, and set it aside. Combine the oil and garlic, and smear it on the eggplant slices. | 5. Then sprinkle the slices generously with pepper. | 6. Broil the eggplant slices about 4 inches from the heat, turning them once, for a total of about 5 minutes. | 7. (You may have to do this in 2 batches.) In a large bowl, combine the ricotta or cottage cheese, all but 2 tablespoons of the parmesan, the parsley, basil, oregano, and pepper flakes. | 8. Toss the cheese mixture with the ziti. | 9. On the bottom of a 2-= to 3 quart casserole, spread a thin layer of tomato sauce, add half the ziti mixture, then half the eggplant slices, then half the remaining tomato sauce. Repeat the ziti, eggplant, and sauce layers. | 10. Top with the reserved 2 tablespoons of parmesan. | 11. Cover the casserole, and bake it in a preheated 400 degree oven for 30 minutes. | 12. Remove the cover, and bake the casserole for another 15 minutes or until the top is lightly browned. | 13. . | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
eggplant	1 3/4		peeled cut	-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
ziti pasta	8	ounces		201.7333	0.0	44.88	1.1333
oil	1	tablespoon		112.12799999999999	0.0	0.0358	12.7334
garlic clove	1		crushed	201.7333	0.0	44.88	1.1333
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
part ricotta cheese	1 1/3	1/3	part-skim	456.32	16.9963	37.6629	26.1557
parmesan cheese	1	cup	grated divided	296.0	32.0	32.0	4.0
parsley	1/4	cup	minced	5.4	0.9495	0.4455	0.1185
basil	1/2	teaspoon	dried	0.1016	0.0117	0.0139	0.0028
oregano	1/2	teaspoon		1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
hot red pepper flake	1/4	teaspoon		201.7333	0.0	44.88	1.1333
tomato sauce	2	cups		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.