Layered baked eggplant with tomato sauce, melted cheese, and basil on a plate.

parmigiana di melanzane

Italy · Europe

Short description
Parmigiana di melanzane is a baked eggplant dish layered with tomato sauce and cheese.
Ingredients
Layered eggplant with tomato sauce, mozzarella, grated cheese, basil, olive oil, garlic, and salt.
Cultural note
Several southern regional traditions claim or shape the dish, so origin wording should stay cautious even when the association is strong.
Common misconception
It is not the same as a breaded chicken cutlet with tomato sauce; eggplant is the central ingredient here.

image credit

Parmigiana di melanzane.jpg

creator:
Schellenberg
license:
CC BY-SA 4.0
modified:
Downloaded as a Commons-generated thumbnail, resized/re-encoded for Gochizu.

audio credit

voice:
marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
source:
OpenAI API Text to Speech
modified:
AI-generated voice audio.