How to Make Favorite Eggplant Involtini

Eggplant Involtini.

Hello everybody, I hope you're having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, eggplant involtini. One of my favorites. This time, I'm gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Eggplant Involtini is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Eggplant Involtini is something which I have loved my whole life. They're fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have eggplant involtini using 13 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Eggplant Involtini:

1. {Take 2 of eggplants, peeled.
2. {Take of Pam cooking spray.
3. {Prepare 2 Tbsp of Olive oil.
4. {Take 2 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped.
5. {Take 1/2 tsp of dried oregano.
6. {Get 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes.
7. {Take 1 can (28 oz.) of tomatoes (whole, peeled).
8. {Make ready 1/2 cup of basil (fresh), chopped and divided into 3 portions.
9. {Prepare 8 oz of ricotta.
10. {Make ready 1 slice of sandwich bread.
11. {Take 1 1/2 oz of shredded pecorino romano cheese.
12. {Take 1 of lemon, juiced.
13. {Prepare of salt and pepper.

Steps to make Eggplant Involtini:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 F and place one rack on the lower position, and the other on the second to closest broiler level..
2. Slice the peeled eggplants lengthwise, into the 1/2 inch planks. you should have 12 total slices..
3. Line 2 sheet pans with parchment, and spray with cooking oil..
4. Place the eggplant slices on the sheet pans and spray with more cooking oil. salt and pepper the slices..
5. 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..
6. 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..
7. 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..
8. Simmer the tomato sauce on low heat, stirring occasionally, while the eggplant bakes..
9. Process the bread in a food processor until they resemble fine crumbs..
10. 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..
11. Place the ricotta mixture onto the widest part of the eggplant slices..
12. Roll up the slices and place seam-side down in the tomato sauce..
13. Place under the broiler, and broil 5-10 min until browned..
14. Sprinkle the remaining romano cheese, and the last portion of basil over the broiled eggplant and serve..

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