Eggplant & Zucchini Napoleon

Submitted by twissis

"This elegant & tasty vegetable side dish was enjoyed on our recent cruise & found in *The Carnival Experience* cookbook by Peter Leypold (Exec Chef of Carnival Cruise Lines). This is a flavor-filled & easy-fix dish that can be the star of a meal when paired w/a simple entree (or leftovers) & would be excellent as a luncheon entree or welcomed as a pot-luck dish. *Enjoy* !"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 6 Approx 3x2 in servings
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 large eggplant
• 3 medium zucchini
• 1⁄2 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme (chopped)
• 2 tablespoons fresh oregano (chopped)
• 1⁄2 tablespoon garlic (minced)
• 12 ounces mozzarella cheese (sliced)
• 2 cups marinara sauce

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400F & cut eggplant + zucchini into lengthwise slices.
2. Combine olive oil, thyme, organo + garlic & mix well. Lightly brush eggplant & zucchini slices w/oil mixture.
3. Heat lrg non-stick skillet over med-heat. Cook vegetable slices 30 seconds on ea side.
4. In an 11 x 7-in baking dish, layer eggplant, zucchini, 1 1/2 cups of the tomato sauce + the cheese. Repeat layering as needed.
5. Bake 10-15 min or till heated through. Cut into 6 servings (approx 3x2 in) & serve immediately w/approx 1 tbsp of the remaining 1/2 cup marinara sauce atop ea serving.
6. NOTE: Feel free to sub for the marinara sauce w/another tomato-based & meatless spaghetti or lasagna sauce of choice.

Reviews

[Jubes]

Reviewed for ZWT9- after reading the other reviews on this recipe, I pre-cooked my eggplant and zucchini slices for over a minute each side. The slices were almost cooked through. Turned out perfectly and I really enjoyed this dish. Photos (not so good though) to be posted

 

[Dienia B.]

this dish is so good served with freighter meat pie awesome together zwt9 oh and please put back good picture that someone else took mine kinda isnt so good

 

[Tea Girl]

This was very good, flavourful and very easy. I made my own tomato sauce to go with it and served it with a side of spaghetti. Maybe next time I will cook it a bit longer in the pan as that the zucchini wasn't as soft as I would have liked.

 

[LifeIsGood]

Delicious! I think what adds such wonderful flavor is the pre-cooking with olive oil/herbs. I cooked mine for more than 30 seconds. per side - more like 1 min. per side. I used a tomato basil sauce and thought it was a perfect complement. I baked mine for about 20 min. , to make sure the veggies were nice and tender. Also, I added some shreddded mozzarella to the top as a bonus. It doesn't slice into "pretty & perfect" portions - but who cares? It's YUMMY! :)