Vegetables baked in the oven are always tasty, and baked in cheese shavings are also quite effective, and much healthier than frying. I bring to your attention a simple recipe for cooking vegetables.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Baked vegetables with cheese in the oven will delight eaters with their juiciness, lightness (in terms of calories) and colorfulness. This dish is well suited on hot summer days, when you don't feel like eating a lot. And the stove in such weather has absolutely no desire to stand for a long time and come up with something complicated to satisfy hunger. In addition, I don't really want to eat fatty and heavy foods. Many people switch to vegetable salads and soups, but no less delicious vegetables baked in the oven, and even under a cheese crust.
To prepare this dish, we will use seasonal vegetables, eggplants and zucchini, and any low-melting cheese will do, and even Mozzarella. If desired, this recipe can be supplemented with other vegetables like bell peppers, potatoes, cauliflower and even fruits. And it will help to reveal and emphasize the depth of taste of this dish - all kinds of your favorite spices at your discretion and taste preferences. Treat yourself and your family to healthy and tasty vegetables.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 86 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 40 minutes
Ingredients:
- Eggplant - 1 pc.
- Zucchini - 1 pc.
- Eggs - 1 pc.
- Hard cheese - 200 g
- Salt - a pinch
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
Cooking vegetables baked with cheese step by step:
1. Wash the zucchini and eggplants, cut off the ends and cut into bars about 1-1.5 cm thick and 4-5 cm long. 1 liter of water - 1 tablespoon salt). This will help remove bitterness from them.
2. Whisk an egg into a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Stir with a fork or a small whisk, no need to beat.
3. Grate the cheese on a medium grater.
4. Prepare the baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper. Take a zucchini or eggplant stick and dip them into the egg batter. Turn over several times so that they are covered with mass on all sides.
5. Transfer the sticks to the cheese shavings and turn over several times so that the vegetables are well breaded.
6. Do the same for all vegetables and place them compactly on a baking sheet.
7. When all the vegetable sticks are laid out on a baking sheet, preheat the oven to 180 degrees and send them to bake for half an hour. Do not overdo them in the brazier to prevent the sticks from drying out.
8. Serve the appetizer hot or cold. You can use it in different ways. It's pretty versatile. For example, serve hot with tea, and cold with beer. In addition, vegetable sticks can become one of the ingredients of any salad, as well as deliciously eat them with your favorite sauce.
See also a video recipe on how to cook vegetables baked in cheese.
