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On Saturday, I made this:





You need
- some eggplants
- Some lasagna sheets (preferably fresh and preferably extra thin)
- Some good tomato sauce
- Some bechamel sauce (optional)
- Some parmesan cheese
- Some basil leaves (optional)

What happened is that I sliced the eggplants (2 of them) in long strips, about half a centimeter thick and put them in a colander with salt sprinkle on all of them. Then forget about it for an hour while I read.
After an hour, I got up to make tea and rinsed the slices, patting them dry.
Then I pre-cooked them in the microwave while tea was brewing (Gyukoru green tea made with 65 C water, the seeping time is 5 minutes and so was the pre-cooking time).
Then let them cool off on a tea towel while I read some more.

When tea was finished, I made some fairly liquid bechamel (oil, flour, milk, nutmeg, salt and pepper) - using about half a litre milk.

Then I layered.
Oiled the dish
A little tomato sauce (where a little is about 3 spoonful)
First layer of pasta
Layer of eggplant
A little tomato sauce
A little bechamel sauce
Grated cheese
Second layer of pasta
Layer of eggplant
A little tomato sauce
(some basil leaves can be added there)
A little bechamel sauce
Grated cheese
Third layer of pasta
Layer of eggplant (the last of the lot)
A little tomato sauce
A little bechamel sauce
Grated cheese
Fourth layer of pasta
A little tomato sauce
A little bechamel sauce
Grated cheese

Put in hot oven (200 C) for about 20 minutes.

Voilà!



Let it cool a bit before eating as the eggplants tend to retain heat for a long time.