Eggplant with cheese and garlic, and tomato

One of the most thorny paths on the gastronomic table was made by eggplant. His wild relatives originally grew up on the territory of India and China. The first Europeans who tried this vegetable were, as historians believe, the warriors of Alexander the Great. But most of them because of the wrong preparation of the dish just got poisoned. It took another century before this vegetable managed to get accustomed to the European menu. But today they prepare eggplant with cheese and garlic, and tomato, and meat. Bake in the oven, make snacks and just stew with vegetables.

To make a truly delicious dish of aubergines, the main thing is to know their secret. To the fruits do not bitter, they need to be cut, sprinkled with salt, pour water and leave it for half an hour. During this time all bitterness will be gone. After that you can start cooking the dish itself. And whatever it was, the eggplant necessarily only improve its taste.

Especially interesting are obtained from them snacks, for example, "Bon voyage." For its preparation you need zucchini and eggplant (with cheese and garlic, and tomato). And this, although a classic, but without a doubt very tasty. Cut aubergines with zucchini fry in vegetable oil. Put it on a napkin so that it absorbs excess fat. Cheese and carrots grate each product with garlic and mayonnaise. Now you can collect the snack in such a sequence: zucchini, carrots, eggplant, cheese, a little greens, a tomato circle. Sprinkle with herbs and black pepper on top.

That's so easy to cook a sharp and delicious snack. But it's just eggplants with cheese and garlic, and a tomato, of course. But not only snacks limited eggplant menu. Eggplants stuffed with meat and cheese in the oven are also no less delicious.

Three fruits to wash well, cut in half and take out the core. Set aside. For the filling, cut into cubes 1 onion, 2 tomatoes, the eggplant core and 3 cloves of garlic. Add onions and garlic in a pan heated with oil, fry until transparent. Add 300 g of ground meat, fry a little more and put eggplant with tomatoes. Salt and pepper. Fry for another 10 minutes. Fill the eggplant with the stuffing, put it in a baking dish and sprinkle with grated cheese. Put everything in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for 30-35 minutes.

And, again, it's just eggplant with cheese and garlic, and a tomato. But now it's the second course. This is really a classic combination that is present in most dishes with eggplant. Interestingly, they are not only preparing snacks, the second, but also soups, and even pies. A distinctive feature of all these dishes is their taste. Only the aubergines manage to convey to them their unusual features.

And, knowing always a successful combination of "eggplant with cheese and garlic, and tomato," you can cook a hundred of plush dishes. You can even come up with a menu only from dishes with this vegetable, in which there will be everything - soups, stews, dishes with meat, pies, pizzas. Of course, do not forget about eggplants in the oven with cheese. And the menu can even include culinary traditions of different nations of the world.