I don't know exactly why , but I have always peeled eggplant before frying or baking.
However, someone made lunch for me at my own house a couple of weeks ago, and she simply cut the eggplant up into chunks, skin and all, and chucked it into the ratatouille.
This tasted just fine, and I'm just about ready to revise my judgement.
Also, you read and you hear that eggplant should be "sweated" first, by applying salt and then rubbing with a vegetable with towel, *particularly* if it is to be fried.
I've tended to do this in the past, but I'm wondering if this is not unnecessarily fastidious.
What do you think?
Best regards,
Alex R.
However, someone made lunch for me at my own house a couple of weeks ago, and she simply cut the eggplant up into chunks, skin and all, and chucked it into the ratatouille.
This tasted just fine, and I'm just about ready to revise my judgement.
Also, you read and you hear that eggplant should be "sweated" first, by applying salt and then rubbing with a vegetable with towel, *particularly* if it is to be fried.
I've tended to do this in the past, but I'm wondering if this is not unnecessarily fastidious.
What do you think?
Best regards,
Alex R.