RECETA DE PASCUALINA - ROBERTO OTTINI

ricotta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Cottage cheese reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grana padano

Grana padano is a more affordable cheese with a similar flavor.

Prepare a shortcrust pastry (masa quebrada) using butter at room temperature, flour, and salt.

Add water gradually to the butter and flour mixture until it forms a dough.

Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate it.

Slice the eggplant and sprinkle salt on it to draw out bitterness; let it sit for a while.

Rinse the salted eggplant under water and dry it thoroughly to remove excess salt.

Peel the eggplant and cut it into slices.

Fry the eggplant slices until golden brown.

Layer the fried eggplant in a tart dish with parmesan cheese and any additional seasonings like paprika, garlic powder, and herbs.

Cover the layers with the shortcrust pastry and bake until golden.

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