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Traditions :: Fried eggplant with chocolate and minth

Here’s a traditional dish from Campania region, between the Sorrentine Peninsula and Amalfi Coast. It’s a festive dish, truly unique in its style and ingredients pairing. A convivial one usually prepared in summertime – my mom remembers being prepared around “Ferragosto” (August 15th)…

Aubergines frites avec chocolat et menthe fraîche ~ Melanzane fritte con cioccolato e mentuccia ~ Fried Eggplants with Chocolate and minth ~ Жареные баклажаны с шоколадом и мятой | Recipe & photo: ©ockstyle

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Fried Eggplants with Chocolate and minth | Recipe & photo: ©ockstyle

Necessity is the mother of invention.” ~Plato

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Frying :: Fried Eggplants with Chocolate and minth | Recipe & photo: ©ockstyle
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Prepping :: Chocolate 62% :: Fried Eggplants with Chocolate and minth | Recipe & photo: ©ockstyle
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Prepping :: Shaved chocolate :: Fried Eggplants with Chocolate and minth | Recipe & photo: ©ockstyle
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Ready for coffee? :: Fried Eggplants with Chocolate and minth | Recipe & photo: ©ockstyle

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Food & Travel Blogger 🇺🇸 I'm a gluten free gourmet traveler, content writer and storyteller in English and Italian. I'm a foreign languages enthusiast, fluently speaking (eating and dreaming) in Italian, English, French, and Russian. When I'm not writing, I cook & style (food & prop styling), and photograph (also on film). Not necessarily in that order 🇮🇹 Food & Travel Blogger. Sono una viaggiatrice buongustaia senza glutine, una creatrice di contenuti e un'appassionata narratrice di storie in italiano e inglese. Appassionata di lingue straniere, parlo (mangio e sogno) fluentemente in italiano, inglese, francese e russo. Quando non scrivo, testo ricette dolci e salate, preparo cibi e bevande per le riprese fotografiche, fotografo (anche in pellicola). Non necessariamente in quest'ordine.