White Pillars Eggplant Josephine
Recipe: #37859
December 05, 2021
Categories: Spaghetti, Eggplant, Southern, Copycat or Clone Recipes, more
"(or may substitute chicken broth) for wine from Biloxi Mississippi"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (277.1 g)
- Calories 474.5
- Total Fat - 22.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 11.1 g
- Cholesterol - 269.7 mg
- Sodium - 956.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 43.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.3 g
- Sugars - 7.8 g
- Protein - 27.5 g
- Calcium - 475.9 mg
- Iron - 3.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 7.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit
Step 2
Cook spaghetti in heavily salted water
Step 3
Drain
Step 4
Keep warm
Step 5
Butter and spray a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with non-stick spray and set aside.
Step 6
Pick through the crabmeat well to extract any small pieces of cartilage and/or shell.
Step 7
Peel the eggplant
Step 8
And slice into about 8 slices.
Step 9
Heat bacon fat in skillet over medium high heat.
Step 10
Dredge the eggplant in the flour, then the egg and last, breadcrumbs
Step 11
Brown both sides of the eggplant in the hot bacon fat.
Step 12
Set aside on paper towel to drain.
Step 13
Meanwhile
Step 14
In a small skillet, melt the butter and add the wine .
Step 15
Add the crabmeat and gently toss, letting low simmer for about 5 minutes.
Step 16
Spread 1 cup of the marinara sauce on the bottom of the baking dish.
Step 17
Layer the eggplant slices on top of the sauce, slightly overlapping pieces.
Step 18
Divide the crabmeat evenly on each slice of eggplant
Step 19
Sprinkle with salt, pepper and Cajun seasoning.
Step 20
Carefully pour the remaining sauce over the top of the crabmeat and sprinkle top with shredded mozzarella cheese.
Step 21
Cover and bake at 450 degrees F for about 20 minutes
Step 22
Uncover
Step 23
Add Parmesan
Step 24
Bake another 10 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
Step 25
Can also run under the broiler to brown the top if desired.
Step 26
Let sit for about 5 minutes before serving, while you make the hollandaise sauce.
Step 27
Place each serving over a bed of spaghetti noodles
Step 28
And spoon hollandaise over the top of each serving.
Tips
No special items needed.