Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 1993
To get the best results with eggplant, there is no substitute for salting and pressing to remove excess liquid before cooking.
For an eggplant recipe with rich, meaty flavor, we turned to salting. We found that eggplant must macerate for at least 1 1/2 hours, preferably for two to three, to allow the salt to do its job. Salting alone, however, was not sufficient. T...