Eggplant sauce in jar cooking, what a delight. Cooks in minutes in the microwave and keeps in the refrigerator for a month under vacuum. Just like all jar-cooked sauces and gravies. To think, one of my first jar cooking recipes was eggplant parmesan in jar cooking, and of course, many more followed, such as eggplant caponata in jar cooking.

The eggplant sauce in a jar is excellent for dressing our first courses, I tried it by cooking some whole grain penne, finishing the pasta cooking in the eggplant sauce and finally enriching the dish with basil leaves and a bit of homemade salted ricotta and grated.
Now, ready, jars, and off to make the best eggplant sauce ever!!

Also try these jar-cooked eggplant recipes:

sauce with eggplant and tomato cooked in jar in microwave cooking

Difficulty: Very easy
Cost: Very cheap
Rest time: 20 Minutes
Preparation time: 10 Minutes
Portions: 3
Cooking methods: Microwave, Jar Cooking
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Summer, Autumn

92.41 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 92.41 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 8.89 (g) of which sugars 2.40 (g)
Proteins 1.55 (g)
Fat 6.60 (g) of which saturated 0.95 (g)of which unsaturated 0.20 (g)
Fibers 2.85 (g)
Sodium 140.67 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 124 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Shopping list for the eggplant sauce in jar recipe

6.35 oz eggplant
0.85 cups tomato pulp
0.7 oz red onion
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
4 leaves basil
1 pinch salt

What you need to make eggplant sauce in jar cooking in the microwave

You can buy the jars here with discount code WECK10

1 Microwave Oven
1 Jar with thick seal for 500 g
1 Microwave Tray Crisp or heating plate
1 Cutting board

How to make eggplant sauce in a jar?

Wash the eggplant, cut it into small cubes, keeping the skin for a more robust flavor. Slice the onion. Spread the eggplant cubes and onion on the microwave non-stick tray and spray with a little oil, mix, and cook in the microwave for 8 minutes. To microwave the eggplants, you can use the Crisp function or alternatively, the combi function, microwave + grill.
Place the browned eggplant in the jar and season with the tomato pulp, salt, basil, and mix well. Clean the jar rim, close and latch. Place the jar in the microwave and start cooking for 6 minutes at your tested power (I use 600 watts).
At the end of cooking, let the closed jar rest for at least 20 minutes. Once at room temperature, you can store it in the refrigerator or open it*.

Rosella’s advice

*Remember that to open the jars, unlatch the clamp and put them back in the microwave for about 3 minutes or until they open. Avoid creating thermal shocks to the glass: if the jar is cold from the fridge, bring it to room temperature using the defrost function for about 3 minutes.