Eggplant Rolls
I was wandering across Pinterest when I found this picture (or rather, ‘pin’) that immediately captured my attention and decided the fate of that pretty eggplant I remembered I had at home. Don’t be taken aback by the seemingly fussy recipe, in reality it is not too complicated and does not take long to prepare. I had to modify the recipe to exclude cheese because of my Mr, however I can confirm, even this way it was a great success! I will surely have to try this with ricotta as well though (maybe next time, While He Is Out ;))
Eggplant Involtini
from Alexandra’s Kitchen
Ingredients:
1 eggplant
salt
olive oil for frying
tomato sauce
breadcrumbs
Stuffing
I had to go creative here as my Mr wouldn’t even look at something with so many types of cheese in it. Luckily I had some leftover ‘many delicacies rice’ from the other day, which is basically a fried rice with many goodies in it (mixed veggies, ham, egg, soy sauce, shredded coconut…) that becomes nice and sticky after a night in the fridge – thus perfect for a filling.
Preparation:
1. Trim the stem end of the eggplant. Cut the eggplant lengthwise into 1/4-inch thick slices. Sprinkle the eggplant slices on both sides with salt, layer them in a colander, and let stand for 1 hour. Press the moisture from the eggplant and blot them dry with paper towels. Pour some olive (or canola) oil in a pan and heat well. Put the eggplant slices in the pan and fry until the slices take on some color, 3 to 4 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 425ºF/220°C. Spoon tomato sauce into a medium-sized baking dish (or individual gratin dishes) till bottom of dish is covered in a thin layer. Place a spoonful of filling at one end of each of the eggplant slices. Roll the slice around the filling and place it seam-side down in the dish on top of the tomato sauce. Spoon a tablespoon of sauce over each roll to moisten and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Bake until the edges of sauce around the sides of the dish are dark and the rolls are nicely caramelized, 20 to 25 minutes.
Look delicious 🙂
Thank you 😉
That looks delectable. I have to disguise eggplant to get my husband to eat it but I absolutely would have it at least once a week myself.
Haha your husband sounds like a lot of fun to cook for, with all this pickiness. Cover them well with tomato sauce and luckily he won’t notice 😉
Looks great and I still have a few aubergines in my garden to use up. Thanks!
Way to go! 😀 Thank you.
Wow.. this is really pretty! I think if I used ricotta, it would be inside the rolled pieces of aubergine?? What a healthy, hearty dish! xx
Exactly! This could also work with zucchinis I think.
Looks and sounds amazing!
Thank you 😉 Y gracias por la visita!