Italian
Puff Pastry Pizza with Eggplants
by Casa Pappagallo · 705K subscribers on YouTube
A simple and tasty savory pie with puff pastry, grilled eggplants, tomato, garlic and basil.
- Cook
- 25 min
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
9 items- Eggplantssliced 2-3 mm thick
- Olive Oilfor grilling and for the tomato paste
- Saltto taste
- Tomato Pastesoftened with olive oil
- Garlicsliced very finely
- Oreganoto taste
- Puff Pastryone round sheet
- Basilfresh leaves; some added before baking, more after
- Eggbeaten, for brushing the border
Method
- Cut off the ends of the eggplants and slice them 2-3 mm thick.
- Grill the eggplant slices on a hot griddle with a drizzle of oil. Season with a pinch of salt.
- Prepare the tomato paste: mix a little oil into the paste to soften it.
- Slice the garlic very finely.
- Roll out the puff pastry on parchment paper. Score a border about 1 cm from the edge.
- Spread the tomato paste over the base inside the border.
- Distribute the sliced garlic and oregano over the tomato paste.
- Arrange the grilled eggplant slices on top, tearing them by hand if needed.
- Add a few basil leaves.
- Brush the exposed border with beaten egg.
- Bake in a static oven at 200-210°C (390-410°F) for about 25 minutes, until golden and crisp.
- Remove from the oven and add fresh basil leaves before serving.
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