Spontaneous Moment #33: Eggplant Pizza

If you can't tell by the many posts I've made in the past, I have a small addiction to pizza. It's so easy to make and the cheese just oozes in my mouth as I gulp it down.

In my attempt to create a healthier version of pizza, I turned to vegetables for a little help. Thankfully, eggplant seemed to be up to the challenge.

Eggplant Pizza

Ingredients:
1 large eggplant
1 teaspoons salt
Don Pepino Pizza Sauce
2 cloves of garlic
Basil
Pepper
Shredded Mozarella Cheese
Grated Parmesan Cheese
Chili flakes
Turkey pepperoni (optional)


Instructions:
Preheat your oven to 375.

Slice your eggplants thick enough so that they  cook evenly. (Basically, don't make it too thin)

Lay out all of your eggplant slices on two sheets of paper towels and sprinkle a teaspoon of salt on your slices. This will absorb all of the moisture out of the eggplant. Let it sit for 15 minutes and then turn over and cover the other side in a teaspoon of salt. Sit for another 15 minutes.

Wipe off all of the salt/moisture off the top of your eggplant slices. Lay your eggplant slices on a cooking sheet and brush the tops with olive oil. Bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes. While they're baking, thinly slice your basil leaves and mince your garlic.

Remove the eggplants from the oven and turn on your broiler.

Put a generous amount of pizza sauce on the eggplant. Sprinkle with the garlic, chili flakes and basil. Then crack some pepper on top.

Sprinkle your mozzarella cheese on top and then place a single pepperoni on each slice. Top your slices with parmesan cheese.

Put your eggplant slices in the broiler for 6-7 minutes or until cheese is slightly brown.

I like to add a little more pepper and pepper flakes on top after I take them out, but that's optional.

Right out of the oven

Not the best picture, but this is my plate. YUUMMM!

Just taken out of the broiler after 6 minutes