Steph: Hello Everyone. Dan and Steph back again with Emmy and we are so happy to be working with Coles to support the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation to inspire kids to get grubby in the kitchen and get cooking.
And what a great week to get this kickstarted off in the lead up to Mothers Day.
Steph: And today we are going to be cooking Eggplant Parmigiana’s.
Steph: What are we cooking?
Emmy: Eggplant in Pyjamas.
Dan: Eggplant in Pyjamas?
Steph: Eggplant in pyjamas.
Steph: We need to go and pick our ingredients from the garden.
Dan: I got a good one here.
Emmy: Oh I found one in there.
Dan: Is it big?
Emmy: It’s big.
Dan: So we got our eggplant and our basil let’s head back in the kitchen.
Dan: So we’ve got our veggies guys and we’re back in the kitchen. We’ve got our little helper Emmy with us today. To start this recipe we’re actually going to dust these in flour and egg and fry them off.
Steph: Ok let’s get cracking Emmy.
Dan: Beautiful.
Steph: Here we are whisking up our eggs.
Dan: Okay our next step guys we’re going to slice up these eggplants.
Dan: We want them about 1cm thick.
Dan: So next step guys we’re going to dust the eggplants in flour. Then we’re going to dip them in egg and get them in the fryer. So pretty easy we’re just going to get all this eggplant in here. I’ve cut some little sections just for gap fillers.
Steph: Alright, nearly finished flouring.
Dan: We’re going to head over to the stove and we’re going to fry off our eggplant.
Steph: Alright let’s go!
Emmy: Can I put one in?
Dan: Doesn’t take long guys. You just want to brown that egg mixture up. We’re cruising along nicely. Thank you Emmy.
Dan: Ok so our eggplants been fried off. And we’re going to add a spinkle of salt then we’re going to layer this up all neatly so we’ve got some tomato sauce. You want to put the tomato sauce in?
Dan and Steph: Good job! Fill in all the gaps.
Dan: So now we’ll put the eggplants in.
Dan: Next step guys we’re going to get some cheese and some basil in there. Then we’re going to get the eggplant back on and the sauce on top of that.
Dan: We’re nearly at the end. We’re nearly about to put this in the oven. So we’re just going to top it off with some more sauce and a good grating of parmesan cheese. You can have a nice salty richness on top.
Steph: Now it goes in the oven for about 20-30 minutes to golden up on top.
Steph: And there you have it guys. So simple and easy to make and so delicious.
Steph: We’ve really loved cooking with Emmy in the kitchen tonight and we hope this inspires you to get in the kitchen with your kids.
For the recipe head to Coles.com.au or the Kitchen Garden Website.
Steph: Enjoy our eggplants in pyjamas.
Dan: Enjoy our eggplants in pyjamas.
Emmy: Enjoy our eggplants in pyjamas!