{"id":4944,"date":"2021-10-04T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/?p=4944"},"modified":"2021-10-15T10:00:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:00:43","slug":"recipe-italian-stuffed-eggplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/recipe-italian-stuffed-eggplant\/","title":{"rendered":"RECIPE: Italian Stuffed Eggplant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a creative, simple dish that will dazzle dinner guests? Try this Italian Stuffed Eggplant recipe and pair it beside your favorite glass of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/weeklytasting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italian red wine.<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Ingredients:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>4 tbsp olive oil, plus for drizzling<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggplants, halved lengthwise<\/li>\n<li>Kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>Freshly ground black pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 15-oz. can diced tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp capers<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp fresh oregano<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup breadcrumbs<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp pine nuts, toasted<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup Pecorino cheese, grated,<\/li>\n<li>plus for serving<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp parsley, minced, plus for serving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Directions:<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F.<\/li>\n<li>Score the cut-side of the halved eggplants. Salt generously and set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a large pan, warm 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Place eggplant cut-side down and cook for 3-4 minutes. Turn over and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside until cool to touch. Once cool, scoop out the pulp using a teaspoon and roughly chop. Set the eggplant skin &#8220;shells&#8221; aside in a baking dish.<\/li>\n<li>If needed, add a tablespoon or two of olive oil back to the pan. Then add the chopped eggplant and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add the garlic, capers, oregano, and tomatoes. Cook for another 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and add to large mixing bowl.<\/li>\n<li>To the eggplant mixture, add Pecorino cheese, parsley, breadcrumbs. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Distribute the mixture into the eggplant &#8220;&#8221;shells.\u201d Lightly drizzle olive oil over the stuffed eggplant.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a creative, simple dish that will dazzle dinner guests? Try this Italian Stuffed Eggplant recipe and pair it beside your favorite glass of Italian red wine. Ingredients: 4 tbsp olive oil, plus for drizzling 2 large eggplants, halved lengthwise Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 1 15-oz. can diced tomatoes 2 cloves garlic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":5003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[345,342],"tags":[569,570,497,484,568,305,53],"class_list":["post-4944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pairings","category-recipes","tag-eggplant","tag-eggplant-recipe","tag-food-and-wine","tag-italian","tag-italian-stuffed-eggplant","tag-pairing","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4944"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4948,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4944\/revisions\/4948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}