White Pillars Eggplant Josephine
Created by dienia b on December 5, 2021
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 2h
- Cook Time: 60m
- Recipe #37859
Ingredients
- 1 pound lump crabmeat
- 1 eggplant
- 1/4 cup self rising flour
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup italian bread crumbs
- 3 tablespoons bacon grease
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sauterne white wine
- 4 cups marinara sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cajun seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup hollandaise sauce
- 8 ounces mozzarella cheese,shredded
- 4 ounces parmesan cheese,grated
- 8 ounces dry spaghetti
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit
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Step 2: Cook spaghetti in heavily salted water
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Step 3: Drain
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Step 4: Keep warm
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Step 5: Butter and spray a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with non-stick spray and set aside.
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Step 6: Pick through the crabmeat well to extract any small pieces of cartilage and/or shell.
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Step 7: Peel the eggplant
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Step 8: And slice into about 8 slices.
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Step 9: Heat bacon fat in skillet over medium high heat.
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Step 10: Dredge the eggplant in the flour, then the egg and last, breadcrumbs
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Step 11: Brown both sides of the eggplant in the hot bacon fat.
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Step 12: Set aside on paper towel to drain.
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Step 13: Meanwhile
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Step 14: In a small skillet, melt the butter and add the wine .
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Step 15: Add the crabmeat and gently toss, letting low simmer for about 5 minutes.
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Step 16: Spread 1 cup of the marinara sauce on the bottom of the baking dish.
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Step 17: Layer the eggplant slices on top of the sauce, slightly overlapping pieces.
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Step 18: Divide the crabmeat evenly on each slice of eggplant
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Step 19: Sprinkle with salt, pepper and Cajun seasoning.
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Step 20: Carefully pour the remaining sauce over the top of the crabmeat and sprinkle top with shredded mozzarella cheese.
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Step 21: Cover and bake at 450 degrees F for about 20 minutes
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Step 22: Uncover
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Step 23: Add Parmesan
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Step 24: Bake another 10 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
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Step 25: Can also run under the broiler to brown the top if desired.
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Step 26: Let sit for about 5 minutes before serving, while you make the hollandaise sauce.
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Step 27: Place each serving over a bed of spaghetti noodles
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Step 28: And spoon hollandaise over the top of each serving.
Nutritional Facts
- 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