I found this by googling eggplant + gratin. It was on a website called "Foodfest" (see link at the end of this post). This fellow named Tom Fitzmorris had it on there. He tells about eating it at Delmonico in New Orleans before Emeril LaGasse took over the business.
I made this for the family and served it with a green salad. We thought it was pretty good, but I know we won't repeat it. It took longer to put together than it did to bake it. And the kids really aren't eggplant fans.
2 eggplant, peeled and cut into large dice
2 Tablespoons butter
1 medium onion, chopped
2 ribs celery, chopped
1 cup small peeled shrimp (I could not find small uncooked shrimp, so used 1/2 lb of medium)
1/2 lb claw crabmeat
1 chopped tomato (they are not in season now, so I used canned)
1 dash Tabasco sauce
1 dash Wocestershire Sauce
1/4 teaspoon marjoram
3 sprigs fresh parsley, chopped
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup bread crumbs (I used prepared ones)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Blanch cut eggplant in boiling water for 2 minutes. Remove and reserve.
Heat butter in a large skillet. Saute the onion, celery and shrimp just until the shrimp turns pink. Add all the other ingredients except the bread crumbs and eggplant and cook, stirring lightly, until everything is heated through.
Add the eggplant and gently blend with the other ingredients.
Pour mixture into a buttered 9 x13 pan. Sprinkle with bread crumbs.
Bake for about 15 minutes, or until the bread crumbs are toasty.
Serves four to eight.
3 comments:
Check out this site for more on Tom Fitzmorris:
http://therealtomfitzmorris.blogspot.com
I can assure you that this Fitzmorris "fellow" is a total scam, a coxcomb, a charlatan.
...and you would be?
Come out of the shadows and send me an email
kspaulson at gmail dot com
I'm enjoying your word choice...
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