Original recipe that marries vegetables and chocolate famous all over the world: here's how to prepare the aubergines with chocolate.
Usually served in summer, but suitable throughout the year, the recipe of aubergines with chocolate it is one of the most extravagant that traditional Neapolitan cuisine can boast.
The original recipe has many different interpretations and, between doses and proceedings handed down by the grandmothers, we have found a version that can be appreciated even by those who do not like sweets in general, but experience new flavors and love local cuisine.
So, let's prepare the chocolate aubergines together by completing the dish with crispy almonds and toasted pine nuts.
Ingredients
- 500 gr aubergines long
- 200 ml water
- 250 gr sugar
- 50 gr toasted pine nuts
- 50 gr. Leaf almonds
- 25 gr flour 00
- 100 g dark chocolate
- 50 gr cocoa
- 100 gr candied citrus fruit
- coarse salt as needed
Prepare the ingredients
Wash the aubergines removing the core and obtaining one centimeter thick from them. Take a colander and alternate the aubergines with the coarse salt so that they drain and remove the excess water. Meantime prepare a syrup, with 250 about ml of water and sugar, bringing it to a boil and making it shrink for at least 2 minutes. Add the dark chocolate to the syrup and stir until it has completely melted. Mix together with the cocoa and the sifted flour the remaining water to create one thick and homogeneous cream.
Complete the chocolate aubergines
Wash and dry the aubergines previously prepared fry in plenty of hot oil. As they cook and brown, place them on absorbent paper to remove excess oil. Place the cocoa cream and aubergines in a baking dish sprinkle with candied citrus and finely chopped pine nuts and almonds in strips before sprinkling with chocolate. Layer the ingredients and cook the aubergines in chocolate hot oven at 150 ° for 15-20 minutes approx. Sprinkle with other leaf almonds will be the last step before serving them.
