We spent three months in Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople, as sung in the old song.<\/p>\n
Eggplant (or Patli\u00e7an, in Turkish – said “Paht luh jahn”) figures into many meals there. Here is my personal Turkish recipe.<\/p>\n
INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 eggplant STEP BY STEP<\/strong><\/p>\n Peel eggplant SPECIAL TIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n Female eggplants generally have smaller seeds than male. Look for an eggplant with a smaller dimple on the end.<\/p>\n OTHER COMMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n When purchasing, an eggplant, it should be firm to the touch, but dimple slightly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We spent three months in Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople, as sung in the old song. Eggplant (or Patli\u00e7an, in Turkish – said “Paht luh jahn”) figures into many meals there. Here is my personal Turkish recipe. INGREDIENTS 1 eggplant Cheddar cheese (grated) Mozzarella cheese (grated) Marinara (red) sauce 2 eggs Bread crumbs STEP BY STEP Peel … Continue reading “Eggplant Medallions”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-dinners","category-world-cuisine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11173,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions\/11173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCheddar cheese (grated)
\nMozzarella cheese (grated)
\nMarinara (red) sauce
\n2 eggs
\nBread crumbs<\/p>\n
\nCut into 1\/4 inch medallions
\nBeat the egg well
\nDip medallions into egg, then bread crumbs
\nFry over hot skillet in just a bit of oil
\nThese can be stored for up to a week
\nWhen you are ready to cook, put aluminum foil onto a baking sheet, and place 3 medallions for each person on the foil
\nSpread a spoonful of marinara sauce onto the medallion
\nPut grated cheeses over top of the sauce
\nBake about 10 minutes at 350 or until starts to brown
\nA GREAT side for this is Cacik (a cold Turkish yogurt\/cucumber dish)<\/p>\n