Hello everyone, I come with a culinary post, a recipe that I really like and so many times I've done it, I decided to document it to share it with you, I confess that I'm not the most involved in the kitchen but I like to eat well and occasionally I put heart hahaha This recipe is quite simple, I particularly love the fact of replacing the pasta with eggplant, I love its texture and gives a little more lightness to this dish.
INGREDIENTES (bandeja para 6 personas):
5 berenjenas grandes
1 pechuga de pollo
1 frasco pequeño de puré o pasta de tomate
Queso blanco
Jamón ahumado
Para el sofrito:
Pimentón
Cebolla
Tomate
Ajo
Ají
Perejil
Cilantro
Para la bechamel:
1 cucharada de mantequilla
2 cucharadas de leche en polvo
3 cucharadas de harina de trigo
Sal y pimienta al gusto
Extras opcionales:
Adobo
Salsa inglesa
Salsa de ajo
INGREDIENTS (tray for 6 people):
5 large eggplants
1 chicken breast
1 small jar of tomato puree or tomato paste
White cheese
Smoked ham
For the sofrito:
Paprika
Onion
Tomato
Garlic
Chili
Parsley
Cilantro
For the béchamel sauce:
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons powdered milk
3 tablespoons of wheat flour
Salt and pepper to taste
Optional extras:
Adobo
Worcestershire sauce
Garlic sauce
PREPARACIÓN
El primer paso es poner a sancochar la pechuga de pollo hasta que esté cocida y reservar el caldo residual, dejar reposar y luego desmenuzar totalmente.
PREPARATION
The first step is to boil the chicken breast until it is cooked and reserve the residual broth, let it rest and then shred it completely.
Wash the eggplants, cut them in slices and soak them in water with enough salt for 20 minutes to eliminate the bitterness.
Luego escurrirlas y meterlas en la freidora de aire por aproximadamente 5 minutos a máxima potencia para cocinarlas y que estén un poco secas, poco a poco cada lote hasta finalizar. No le agregué sal extra porque de alguna manera algo de sal le quedan a las berenjenas por estar en agua salada por ese tiempo. En caso de no tener freidora de aire, puede ser en una sartén con un poco de aceite para que no se peguen. Esto lo reservamos para el momento de armar el pasticho.
Then drain them and put them in the air fryer for about 5 minutes at maximum power to cook them so that they are a little dry, little by little each batch until finished. I did not add extra salt because somehow some salt remains on the eggplants from being in salted water for that time. In case you don't have an air fryer, it can be in a frying pan with a little oil so they don't stick. We reserve this for the moment of assembling the pasticho.
To make the sofrito I basically used what I had in the fridge, which in this case was onion, chili, paprika, tomatoes, parsley and cilantro. You can add a few more things, or even take out. I love seasonings, I always add as much as I can hehehehe.
Cocinar esto a fuego medio con un poco de aceite de oliva o aceite del que tengas y remover constantemente hasta que se reduzca un poco.
Cook this over medium heat with a little olive oil or whatever oil you have and stir constantly until it reduces a little.
Particularmente me gusta usar algunos condimentos, no son totalmente necesarios, pero es gusto de cada quien, en este caso utilicé un poco de adobo, salsa inglesa y salsa de ajo, todo aplicado a mi gusto.
In this case I used a little adobo, Worcestershire sauce and garlic sauce, all applied according to my taste.
Luego de cocinar los aliños, agrego el pollo desmenuzado al sofrito (tuve que mudar todo a una olla porque la sartén me quedó pequeña) y luego le sumo el caldo de pollo y la pasta de tomate. Dejo cocinar un rato mas a fuego alto hasta que se fusione todo, remuevo constantemente y luego apago para dejar reposar.
After cooking the seasonings, I add the shredded chicken to the sofrito (I had to move everything to a pot because the pan was too small) and then I add the chicken broth and tomato paste. I let it cook for a while more over high heat until everything melts, stir constantly and then I turn it off to let it rest.
For the béchamel sauce, I put half a liter of water in a small pot with a tablespoon of butter until it melts and in another half liter of water I blend 3 tablespoons of flour with 2 tablespoons of powdered milk.
Junto todo, agrego sal y pimienta al gusto y continuo cocinando a fuego bajo y revolviendo constantemente hasta tener la consistencia de una crema.
I put everything together, add salt and pepper to taste and continue cooking over low heat and stirring constantly until it has the consistency of cream.
This time I decided to use smoked ham and soft white llanero cheese. Commonly used is back or leg ham and mozzarella and parmesan cheese. This of course at my pleasure and taking advantage of what I had in the fridge too 😅, I guarantee that it was no less, it was still finger-licking good.
Once everything was ready for the pasticho (eggplant, chicken sauce, bechamel sauce and other ingredients) I proceeded to assemble.
Primero unté con un poco de aceite la bandeja que usé para luego colocar la primera capa que sería la de berenjena, intentando no dejar huequitos, la segunda capa fue de la salsa de pollo, la tercera de bechamel, la cuarta de jamón ahumado (que como tip digo que es mejor cortar el jamón en pedazos y colocar esparcidos, evitando colocar las lonjas completas y ponerle demasiado ya que el jamón ahumado tiene un sabor bastante predominante y no queremos que opaque el de los otros ingredientes) y como quinta y última capa la del queso blanco rayado también esparcido y sin exagerar. Todo este procedimiento lo repetimos y en la ultima capa de queso si colocamos un poco mas ya que será el que vamos a querer gratinar.
First I greased with a little oil the tray I used to then place the first layer which would be the eggplant, trying not to leave gaps, the second layer was the chicken sauce, the third of bechamel, the fourth of smoked ham (as a tip I say that it is better to cut the ham into pieces and place scattered, avoiding placing the whole slices and putting too much since the smoked ham has a very predominant flavor and we do not want it to overshadow the other ingredients) and as the fifth and last layer the grated white cheese also spread without exaggerating. We repeat this procedure and in the last layer of cheese we put a little more since it will be the one we want to gratinate.
Cabe destacar que mi horno no tiene un control de temperatura estable ni se le puede ver los grados ni el tiempo 🙃🙃🙃 así que yo como tal metí el pasticho aproximadamente por 1 hora a fuego medio-alto (yo viendo la potencia de la llama de abajo 🤣) y arriba encendí el gratinador por menos del tiempo porque arriba es mas directo el calor.
It should be noted that my oven does not have a stable temperature control nor can you see the degrees or time 🙃🙃🙃🙃 so I as such put the pasticho for about 1 hour at medium-high heat (I watching the power of the flame below 🤣) and above I turned on the gratinator for less than the time because above is more direct heat.
Con respecto al resultado final, sucedió que luego de estar listo el pasticho me puse a hacer quehaceres esperando que se reposara dentro del horno y ya para cuando estuvo listo y fotogénico, el hambre me nubló la misión de tomar la foto y me acordé a mitad de camino, casi ni foto le tomo. Así que me disculpan que estoy segura que no soy ni la primera ni la ultima que le pasa eso 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 que pena de verdad, pero garantizado que quedó super yummy ❤️
Regarding the final result, it happened that after the pasticho was ready I started to do chores waiting for it to rest in the oven and by the time it was ready and photogenic, hunger clouded my mission to take the picture and I remembered halfway, I almost didn't take a picture of it. So excuse me, I'm sure I'm not the first or the last one to do that 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 what a shame really, but I guarantee it was super yummy ❤️
I enjoyed cooking this recipe too much, sometimes I vary it with ground beef and it is also great. The only thing is that the eggplant is lighter than the pasta, and the fullness lasts very little hahahaha
Gracias, gracias, nos vemos en el próximo post 😉 esperemos que no pasen muchas lunas para que me vuelva a lucir en la cocina 😂
Thank you, thank you, see you in the next post 😉 hopefully it won't take too many moons for me to show off in the kitchen again 😂.
🍅 Imágenes tomadas con mi teléfono/Pictures taken with my phone
🍅 Traductor/translator: DeepL Translator
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Amiga que riiiico🥰🥰🥰 he hecho el pasticho de berenjena solo una vez pero fue con carne de soya, muy vegano jejeje pero esta version me encanta, se ve riquisimo
Holaaa! Te cuento que una vez también lo intenté con berenjenas y carne de soya, pero no me quedó muy bueno, de hecho me quedó pésimo, las berenjenas las hice fritas (que también hay recetas con esa opción pero no me gusta que la berenjena queden grasientas) y abusé de la sal tanto en las berenjenas como en la carne de soya jajajjajajaja 😖 errores que pasan, pobres de mis invitados, pasaron el pasticho con bastante frescolita 😆
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Chama, buenardo es poco, hasta repetí, la berenjena se va rapidito jajajja gracias por pasarte por aqui, saludos!!
Coincido con tu opinión de la berenjena y la pasta, pero los dos son geniales igual 😋
Ya me dio hambre 😋