A Top Health food
Packed with soluble fibers that are gentle on the digestive system, eggplant also absorbs a lot of fat. Instead, grill it in the oven or barbecue, or steam it, cut into cubes. Add a drizzle of olive oil at the end of cooking for taste. Be careful to always cook it well so that it is digestible.
It is full ofantioxidants and beta-carotene, an essential vitamin for the skin and eyes. These elements are mainly concentrated in the skin: therefore avoid peeling it.
It provides a lot of minerals, in particular magnesium (15mg per 100g) beneficial to the functioning of muscles and neurons, and zinc (0.1mg per 100g) which participates in many functions of the body and the good health of the skin and hair.
To further increase its virtues, cook the eggplant with a little garlic, full of protective compounds, and add a little olive oil, rich in vitamin E and antioxidants.
This Mediterranean cocktail exerts its beneficial effects on the heart and immunity.
How to make him taste
With a touch of cheese (or cream, or tomato…) to compensate for its slightly bitter taste. For example: a pan-fried eggplant with tomato and basil, delicious hot with fish or cold as a starter. Or even with mozzarella.
In thin slices roasted in the oven, to serve with oregano and olive oil, as a starter, or rolled with ricotta inside.
Diced hidden in known recipes.
In a tomato sauce with parmesan, in vegetable lasagna, a gratin, on a pizza …
Round and white. We know the dark purple eggplant, quite large and elongated, but there are smaller and round ones, white or mauve, more funny. And prefer them small and young: their flesh will be softer.
2 special discovery recipes
FOR UNDER 3 YEARS OLD
A TIAN OF VEGETABLES
Place 1 eggplant, 2 zucchini, 2 tomatoes and 1 onion cut into thin rings in a gratin dish, top with strips of yellow pepper
and sprinkle with a drizzle of olive oil.
Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes at 120 ° C until the vegetables are tender. With its tidy washers, the tian appeals to children.
FOR 3-7 YEARS
A PROVENCAL TART
Spread 1 tbsp. of mustard and 1 tbsp. cream on puff pastry.
Arrange thin slices of tomatoes and eggplants, then a few crumbs of tuna.
Lightly salt and pepper, sprinkle with Provence herbs and add a drizzle of olive oil.
Bake for 15min in the oven at 200 ° C.
