Description
These delicious Eggplant Involtini are a perfect appetizer for every occasion. Make them easily with our recipe!
Ingredients
Here are all the ingredients you need to make these awesome Eggplant Involtini:
- 1 eggplant – peeled and sliced ¼ inch thick
- 2 cups of flour
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 2 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups of olive oil
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1 tablespoon grated Romano cheese
- ¼ lb. sliced provolone
- ¼ lb. sliced mortadella
- 1 quart tomato sauce
Instructions
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Peel all the skin from the eggplant and cut off the stem.
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Slice the eggplant 1/4 inch thick, the long way.
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Place the eggplant in a colander, then salt it liberally, cover it with paper towels and place something heavy on the top. This will help drain any excess liquid from the eggplant.
- In the meantime, make the ricotta mixture. Mix ricotta cheese, grated parmesan, parsley, salt and black pepper in a bowl, and then add some tomato sauce. Ideally, the mixture should have a nice pink color.
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Season flour liberally with salt and pepper.
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Dredge the eggplant slices in flour.
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Once floured, dip the eggplant slices in the beaten eggs and set them aside until they’re ready to fry.
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When all the eggplant slices have been floured and dipped in the eggs, heat 2 cups of olive oil in a frying pan.
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Fry the slices until they are golden brown, approximately 1 minute per side.
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Place the fried eggplant slices onto a paper towel lined plate, and let them dry.
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When they are cool, lay half a slice of mozzarella and half a slice of provolone onto each fried eggplant slice
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Add a tablespoon of ricotta mixture onto the mortadella and provolone.
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Roll eggplant around the mortadella and cheese.
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Spread tomato sauce onto the bottom of a baking dish.
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Arrange eggplant involtini in the baking dish.
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Add more tomato sauce on top of your eggplant involtini.
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Bake in pre-heated oven at 350 °F for 15 minutes or until the cheese inside is melted.
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Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 30
- Cook Time: 15
- Category: Appetizers
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 1075
- Sugar: 6.7g
- Sodium: 1290.5mg
- Fat: 96.3g
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Protein: 22.7g
- Cholesterol: 139.5mg
Keywords: eggplant involtini, eggplant rollatini,