Serve this versatile "sandwich" with grilled or roasted lamb or chicken, as part of an appetizer tray, as a lunch entree with a green salad or even as a snack.
- 1 large eggplant (1¼ pounds)
- 60 ml chopped pimento
- 180 gr goat cheese, crumbled
- 60 ml finely chopped green onion tops
- Pinch of hot red pepper
- 125 ml bread crumbs
- 60 ml Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon leaf basil,crumbled
- 2 eggs
- 60 ml olive oil
- Peel eggplant ; slice crosswise into ¼-inch-thick slices.(Keep slices paired together for sandwiches.)
- Drain pimento, pat dry with paper toweling.
- Stir together goat cheese, green onions, hot red pepper, pimento and 15 ml bread crumbs in small bowl.
- Combine remaining bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese and basil in shallow pie plate ; beat eggs in second shallow pie plate.
- Spread about 15 ml cheese mixture on eggplant slice, mounding slightly in center, top with matching size slice, pressing to snadwich ; repeat with remaining eggplant slices and filling.
- Dip each sandwich into beaten egg, them crumb mixture to coat ; place on wax paper.
- Heat 30 ml olive oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat ; add sandwiches in single layer, don't crowd skillet.
- Cook, covered, 8 to 10 minutes or until tender when pierced with fork, turning halfway through cooking ; repeat with remaining sandwiches and oil.
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