Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Ultimate Eggplant Involtini

Eggplant Involtini.

Hello everybody, it's me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we're going to make a special dish, eggplant involtini. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Eggplant Involtini is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It's simple, it's quick, it tastes delicious. Eggplant Involtini is something which I've loved my whole life. They're nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. 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. {Get of eggplants, peeled.
2. {Make ready of Pam cooking spray.
3. {Make ready of Olive oil.
4. {Prepare of garlic, roughly chopped.
5. {Get of dried oregano.
6. {Get of red pepper flakes.
7. {Prepare of tomatoes (whole, peeled).
8. {Take of basil (fresh), chopped and divided into 3 portions.
9. {Prepare of ricotta.
10. {Take of sandwich bread.
11. {Get of shredded pecorino romano cheese.
12. {Make ready of lemon, juiced.
13. {Take 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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