i got an eggplant to experiment with for shabbos.
i have a few ideas but open to hear more. how do you make your eggplants?

1. (peel if desired) cut into rounds, egg, breadcrumbs, fry

2. babaganoush

3. peel, salt them, squeeze them to remove liquid and brush off salt, fry in oil, place in bowl add lemon juice and fresh crushed garlic

4. slice, spice and broil

thanks
sounds like a lot of frying...

what's eggplant lasagne? are the eggplant layers instead of or besides the original layers?

Mousaka...

Eggplant pizza!!!

(Great for pesach too!)

i think the eggplant (or squash) layers are in addition to lasagna noodles and ground meat.

another idea is eggplant "boats" (also works with mini-squash) - stuff with grould meat.

but all those are for main dishes.

http://www.mynippon.com/cooking/eggplant-pizza.htm

For the pesach version use mazta meal - or like my mother potato starch. For the chumatz version you can substitute flour for the breadcrumbs...

I hate all forms of it.

You can slice eggplant, brush with oil and bake instead of frying it, but I like it fried. If you bake it cut the slices a little thicker. Eggplant shrinks when it's cooked (spongy structure) and there isn't much oil for it to absorb.

For eggplant lasagna, layer with tomato sauce, cheese, and lasagna sheets. (I use ricotta mixed with an egg and a little grated mozzarella in between the layers, and mozzarella on top. You can mix some cooked chopped spinach--frozen is fine--with the cheese if you like.)

If you do fry it, slice it, sprinkle with salt and put in a colander for half an hour. The whole thing about drawing out the bitterness is nonsense, but eggplant has a spongy structure. If you salt it, the sponge partly collapses and the eggplant absorbs a lot less moisture when fried.

Also, eggplant salad--######, roast till it collapses, let cool. Chop or process (not too much) the flesh, then mix with olive oil, salt, and a chopped onion. Some people add a garlic clove.

Other favourite thing is baigan bharta, which is Indian roasted eggplant that's then fried with onions, tomatoes, and spices, but I never make that at home.