Timballo di riso e melanzane | Le ricette di Giusina in Cucina

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: provolone

Part-skim mozzarella reduces fat while maintaining creaminess.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grana padano

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Boil water for cooking rice.

Add rice to boiling water with salt and cook until al dente.

Prepare the sauce by sautéing chopped onion in olive oil until translucent.

Slice the eggplant and sprinkle with salt; let sit for at least 1 hour to draw out moisture.

Rinse and pat dry the eggplant slices, then deep-fry in hot oil until golden brown; place on paper towels to absorb excess oil.

Once the rice is cooked, drain it and set aside.

Mix the cooked rice with tomato sauce and grated caciocavallo cheese.

Layer the baking dish with fried eggplant slices, then add a layer of rice mixture, followed by more tomato sauce and caciocavallo cheese, and repeat the layers.

Top with breadcrumbs mixed with remaining caciocavallo cheese and drizzle with olive oil.

Bake in the oven at 200°C (about 390°F) for 30 minutes until golden and crispy.

Let cool slightly before inverting onto a serving plate.

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