Italian Smoked Eggplant Meatballs with Mozzarella — Polpette di Melanzane Affumicate con Cuore di Mozzarella is a complete professional recipe for smoked eggplant polpette with mozzarella, with verified quantities, detailed technique, wine pairing, storage, and nutrition.

Italian Bluefin Tuna with Smoked Eggplant, Basil and Pistachio — Tonno Rosso con Melanzane Affumicate, Basilico e Pistacchio is a complete professional recipe for seared bluefin tuna with smoked eggplant, basil, and pistachio, with verified quantities, detailed technique, wine pairing, storage, and nutrition.

Sicilian Eggplant Parmigiana (Parmigiana di Melanzane alla Siciliana) Sicily does not think it borrowed the parmigiana. It thinks the mainland took it and softened it, and the island version keeps the details that make the claim arguable. The cheese is not mozzarella but caciocavallo or tuma, the stretched curd cheeses of the interior. Between the layers go slices of hard boiled egg, and in some houses a little prosciutto or salame. The grater holds pecorino. Those substituti