Baked Eggplant and Ricotta Rolls
- 2 eggplants
- Himalayan Pink Salt
- Olive Oil
- Tomato sauce, I used Delmaine Garlic and Olive Oil
- Parmesan
Stuffing
- Gluten free bread crumbs, about 1/2 cup,
- 1 cup ricotta,
- Grated zest of 1 lemon juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 tsp. basil leaves,
- 1/4 tsp. Himalayan pink salt
1. Trim the stem end of each eggplant. cut the eggplant lengthwise into thin slices. Sprinkle the eggplant on both sides with pink 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 olive oil to a heavy saucepan or large skillet and heat . Place 3 to 4 eggplant slices in the hot oil and cook until the slices take on some colour, 3 to 4 minutes. Using tongs, transfer the slices to a colander (or paper-towel lined plate) to drain. Repeat with remaining slices.
2. Meanwhile, make the stuffing. In a bowl, stir together the bread crumbs, ricotta, lemon zest, juice, basil and salt.
3. Preheat the oven. Spoon tomato sauce mix into a medium-sized baking dish 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. Bake until the edges of sauce around the sides of the dish are dark and the rolls are nicely caramelised, 20 to 25 minutes. Add the Parmesan cheese about 5 minutes before removing from the oven.
Homemade Bread Crumbs
In a bowl tear 2 slices of gluten free bread for breadcrumbs, 2 T. olive oil and a pinch of himalayan pink salt and 1/2 tsp. herbs of your choice and ricotta cheese.
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That looks amazing! Eggplant Parmesana is my favourite thing ever. I had to invent a new recipe without breadcrumbs (sigh) and without parmesana (triple sigh). I’m going to try a new version with nutritional yeast to see if that satisfies the need for cheesy flavour.
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It was so tasty and I’m making it again tomorrow 😀 Gutted for no breadcrumbs or Parmesan, that’s just not right 😦
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This looks absolutely delicicous! Will definitely have to try 🙂
-XO,
Molly
glutenfreemolly.wordpress.com
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Hey Molly, Delicious is the word 😉
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I love eggplants, so I really see myself making this someday. Thanks for sharing this!!
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They’re super tasty aren’t they ! This recipe isn’t too fiddly which I love so I hope you manage to make it someday, lemme know your thoughts when you do 🙂 You have some great recipes on your site, I enjoy looking and drooling.
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Actually I went out with my girl and we both had pasta that had eggplant in it. Much tastier than I imagined. I wanna make my own eggplant dish now haha
And thanks for visiting! Glad you liked the posts. I try and put up a new one everyday 😀
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looks SO good 🙂
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this looks yummy…tastefully pictured.
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