Baked Egg Plant

Ingredients

• 1 medium egg plant
• pepper
• salt
• butter
• half the bulk of bread crumbs soaked in cream and drained

Method

1. 1

   Parboil the egg-plant, removing it from the fire before it is perfectly done.

2. 2

   Cut in two lengthwise, scoop out the pulp and season it well with pepper, salt, butter and a little onion-juice, adding half the bulk of bread crumbs soaked in cream and drained; heap this mixture in the skins, cover with crumbs moistened in melted butter, and bake until brown.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Superior cook book (1905) by Grace Church (Ishpeming, Mich.), page 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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