Main Dishes

Melanzane Ripiene

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 30 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 2 large eggplant (s)
  • salt
  • 0.5 ½ cup olive oil
  • 2 onion (s), finely chopped
  • 2 clove (s) garlic, finely chopped
  • 100 g ham, raw, cut into small cubes
  • 1 small Can (s) tomato (s), peeled
  • 0.5 ½ cup breadcrumbs
  • 1 bunch parsley, finely chopped
  • 0.5 teaspoon ½ salt
  • pepper
  • 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated
Melanzane Ripiene
Melanzane Ripiene

Instructions

  1. Halve the eggplants and blanch them in salted water for 10 minutes. Remove and drain well.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions and garlic, cooking for 3-4 minutes until translucent. Add the ham and cook for 1 minute. Pass the tomatoes through a sieve into the pan and simmer for 8-10 minutes until the sauce thickens. Remove from heat and stir in the breadcrumbs.
  3. Mix the parsley into the mixture and season with salt and pepper.
  4. Spoon the mixture into the eggplant halves, sprinkle the parmesan cheese on top, and bake at 190°C (375°F) for 20 minutes until the cheese is golden and the filling is heated through.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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