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Parmigiana di Melanzane
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Parmigiana di melanzane is baked layers of fried eggplant, tomato sauce, mozzarella and Parmigiano.
Eggplant slices are salted, fried, then layered with sauce and cheese and baked.
Campania and Sicily both claim it; the name likely has nothing to do with Parma.
- Region
- Southern Italy
- Course
- Main
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