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Spaghettini with fried eggplant

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Ingredients:
1 medEggplant
1 1/2 tbspSalt
Peanut oil or veg. oil
1/2 cupAll-purpose flour
1 tbspBlack pepper
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
2 cupFresh bread crumbs
3 cupTomato sauce
1 lbsSpaghettini
3/4 cupParmesan cheese, grated
Procedures:
1Cut the eggplant into 1/8" slices.
2Place in a bowl and sprinkle with salt.
3Weight the eggplant with a plate and a heavy (3-4lb) weight for 2-3 hours, draining off water as it accumulates.
4Rinse off the salt and dry on paper towels.
5pour 2" of oil into a heavy skillet and heat to 360 deg f.
6Slicethe eggplant into 1" strips.
7Put the flour and pepper into a plastic bag and add the eggplant slices, shake to coat the eggplant.
8Dip the slices in the beaten egg, then the bread crumbs, and fry in hot oil until golden brown.
9Drain on paper towels.
10heat the tomato sauce and cook the spagettini.
11Pour the sauce over the spagettini, top with the fried eggplant and grated parmesan cheese.
12you can use your own favorite tomato sauce or the fresh tomato sauce in the next recipe.