Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, eggplant involtini. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook eggplant involtini using 13 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Eggplant Involtini:
- Get 2 eggplants, peeled
- Get Pam cooking spray
- Make ready 2 Tbsp Olive oil
- Take 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
- Take 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- Get 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- Prepare 1 can (28 oz.) tomatoes (whole, peeled)
- Prepare 1/2 cup basil (fresh), chopped and divided into 3 portions
- Prepare 8 oz ricotta
- Get 1 slice sandwich bread
- Make ready 1 1/2 oz shredded pecorino romano cheese
- Prepare 1 lemon, juiced
- Take salt and pepper
You can make involtini out of vegetables (like this eggplant/aubergine version), fish or meat. Involtini and Rollatini are pretty much the exact same recipe, the eggplant is just often breaded in rollatini. Lightly coat eggplant with cooking spray. This Eggplant involtini recipe is simple to make yet has all the classic Italian flavors.
Instructions to make Eggplant Involtini:
- Preheat the oven to 375 F and place one rack on the lower position, and the other on the second to closest broiler level.
- Slice the peeled eggplants lengthwise, into the 1/2 inch planks. you should have 12 total slices.
- Line 2 sheet pans with parchment, and spray with cooking oil.
- Place the eggplant slices on the sheet pans and spray with more cooking oil. salt and pepper the slices.
- Bake 30-35 min until tender, and starting to brown. remove from oven and let rest 5 min, to cool. After removing the eggplant, pre-heat the broiler.
- While the eggplant is cooking, add olive oil, garlic, oregano, red pepper, and salt to a 12" broiler safe skillet. Place the skillet on medium heat and cook the garlic and spices ~1 min.
- Puree the can of whole tomatoes with an immersion blender (or finely chop the tomatoes by knife), and add them to the skillet, along with the one portion of the basil.
- Simmer the tomato sauce on low heat, stirring occasionally, while the eggplant bakes.
- Process the bread in a food processor until they resemble fine crumbs.
- In a small bowl, combine the bread crumbs, 1 oz of the romano cheese, ricotta, 1 portion of basil, 1/2 tsp of salt, and the lemon juice. fold the mixture until combined.
- Place the ricotta mixture onto the widest part of the eggplant slices.
- Roll up the slices and place seam-side down in the tomato sauce.
- Place under the broiler, and broil 5-10 min until browned.
- Sprinkle the remaining romano cheese, and the last portion of basil over the broiled eggplant and serve.
Lightly coat eggplant with cooking spray. This Eggplant involtini recipe is simple to make yet has all the classic Italian flavors. Just roll eggplant slices around a herby ricotta filling, add the topping and bake until golden. This is vegetarian comfort food at its best. Eggplant involtini are perfect served with crusty bread.
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