Baked tortang talong
Last Saturday, my husband bought a huge bag of talong (eggplants) and, with the ground pork in the freezer, I immediately thought of making some tortang talong (eggplant fritatta). But I was recovering from the flu and the thought of frying the torta one by one made my dizzy. I baked them instead. Turned out to be a much better alternative. Less work, no watching while the torta cooked and much, much less too. Is it a lot different from the fried version? Not a lot but there are differences. First, I couldn’t use too many eggs because to avoid making the filling too watery. Second, I didn’t use freshly chopped vegetables for the same reason. The solution was less eggs and dehydrated vegetables. The juices from the ground pork were just enough to rehydrate the vegetables.
Dehydrated vegetables are available in most supermarkets. In Cherry Foodarama, the available varieties include pimientoes, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, onion leaves and a variety of mushrooms. They come in disposable plastic containers. I keep a couple of varieties for emergencies.
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Yes that’s my favorite and I really want to try cooking it. thanks very much….
I never paid attention to dehydrated vegetables before until I read your recipe for baked tortang talong. I bake my torta, too, and now I know the reason why they didn’t look as plump as your torta: the watery filling. Well, Connie, my kids think I’m the “best cook in the world,” but I bet they’ll be surprised to know that I’m starting to get new ooking tips now from someone almost as young as they are. Thank you, and keep up the good work!
Josie, right, the water in veggies make the torta soggy too. And they create a map of watered egg mixture around the torta.
oww… I like torta too but somehow I get lazy frying it after grilling the eggplant and pre-cooking the meat, so this bake version is an awesome idea. I use alot of “dry” vegetables & spices too.. this will work out great.
Huh? I never thought it would be possible to bake Tortang Talong which is also one of my faves. I’ll be darn! Thanks so much. Glad I found you in this amazong world called “internet”. Thanks.
Hi, how do you dehydrate vegetables? and for how long?
Bridge, that depends on what kind of vegetables.