Eggplant Funghetto Diet Recipe. This delicious, flavorful, and light side dish is ideal as an accompaniment to any type of main course, and has nothing to envy the classic recipe where everything was fried.

In fact, we will bake the eggplants in the oven or use an air fryer.
The Eggplant Funghetto Diet Recipe

Can also be used as a filling for savory pies or as a dressing for pasta.

Thought for you:

Cost: Very economical
Rest time: 20 Minutes
Preparation time: 20 Minutes
Portions: 4
Cooking methods: Oven, Air frying, Boiling
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: All seasons

158.99 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 158.99 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 21.49 (g) of which sugars 14.48 (g)
Proteins 3.47 (g)
Fat 7.90 (g) of which saturated 1.09 (g)of which unsaturated 0.26 (g)
Fibers 6.12 (g)
Sodium 211.74 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 200 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

Ingredients

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1.1 lbs eggplants
7/8 cup cherry tomatoes
1 cup onion
2 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
to taste salt
to taste pepper
10 leaves basil
1 cup tomato sauce (Rustic or chunky)

Eggplant Funghetto Diet Recipe

Tools

what we need to prepare the

Cutting board in bamboo
Knife
Baking tray – non-stick (large)
Parchment paper
Oven
Tea towel

Preparation of the Eggplant Funghetto Diet Recipe

Cut the eggplants into 1 or 2 cm cubes. Sprinkle them with salt and put them in a colander to purge for 20 minutes. Then rinse and pat dry with a tea towel.
Cut the cherry tomatoes in half or into wedges depending on their size, put them in another colander, and season them with salt and pepper.
In the meantime, they will release the excess water
Slice the onion.
Preheat the oven to 375°F. We need a fast and strong cooking to create an environment that ensures the vegetables don’t “boil.”
After the time has passed, rinse and pat dry the eggplants, place them in a large bowl, and add the rest of the vegetables and plenty of basil torn with your hands. Pour the oil and mix well.
At this point, take a fairly large baking tray, which should be wide enough to allow the vegetables to dry more easily; otherwise, they would appear stewed.
Cover it with parchment paper, and spread the vegetables and tomato sauce over the entire surface of the tray.
Bake for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
When the eggplants are cooked, leave them in the oven with the door open, and only after they have cooled, serve them with more basil torn with your hands.
Here is the Eggplant Funghetto Diet Recipe, baked.
Cut the eggplants into cubes and season them with spray oil, salt, and pepper. Place them in the drawer of your air fryer with only the perforated parchment paper and cook at 375°F for 15 minutes, preheating first and stirring halfway through cooking.
While the eggplants are cooking, cut the onions and cherry tomatoes into pieces
In a pan, pour some oil and add the onion. Let it brown and..
add the cherry tomatoes and then the tomato sauce with a small pinch of salt and a little water and let it cook for 5 minutes.
At this point, you can add the diced eggplants cooked in the air fryer.
Stir and continue cooking for 4 minutes.
Add plenty of basil and serve at room temperature.