


Check items off while grocery shopping - it’s remembered here.
Slice the eggplant about 0.5cm thick, drizzle with olive oil, and sear until golden in a pan. Eggplant soaks up a lot of oil.
Check on the dumpling filling left over from making xiaolongbao a few days ago. (Sniff sniff.) Seems still okay.
Line an oven-safe dish with parchment paper and layer the seared eggplant from step 1, dumpling filling, mozzarella cheese, then again seared eggplant, dumpling filling, and mozzarella cheese. Bake at 180°C for 10-20 minutes.
Plate and top with basil.