"berinzila" (Eggplant and Ham)

Submitted by Mareesme

"I was given this recipe years ago by a friend. I am not sure what country the dish "Barinzila" comes from, but hope you enjoy it!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 medium eggplants
• garlic salt
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 cups cooked ham, cut in cubes
• 1⁄3 cup white wine
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons oil
• flour
• parmesan cheese

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 dg.
2. Peel eggplants, slice, sprinkle lightly with garlic salt and set aside about 15 minutes on paper towels.
3. Saute onion in 1 T butter or oil, add ham and wine, and cook until wine nearly evaporates. Add tomatoes and simmer 10 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, pat eggplant dry, dust with flour and fry in 2 T butter or oil until golden. Drain.
5. Layer eggplant, then a portion of ham mixture, another layer of eggplant, etc. in greased casserole dish and cover with Parmesan cheese.
6. Bake at 350 dg. for 30 minutes.

Reviews

[heuserfrau]

Great recipe. Instead of garlic salt, try salt on the eggplant, and add a clove of minced garlic to the onion saute. One half tablespoon of a quality dijon mustard stirred in after the tomatoes simmer really makes the flavor pop! Keeper!

 

[LousyChef]

This was amazingly flavorful! Easy to make, and I actually didn't burn my eggplant this time (I usually do...LOL) I added fresh spinach leaves at each layer, since I needed to cook them, and it turned out great. I really wish there was more ham filling since I used only 1 eggplant and it didn't seem like enough. Next time I might double the ham filling and still use one eggplant. Thanks for a great dinner!