Eggplant involtini with a roasted capsicum sauce
Eggplant involtini with a roasted capsicum sauce
2015-07-28 17:00:04
Yields 8
Ingredients
- 2 large eggplant, 1 peeled and cut small & 1 cut into 8 slices from top to bottom
- 3 medium tomatoes, halved and seeded
- 1 red onion, diced
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ cup chopped basil leaves
- 3 Tbs. capers, drained
- 2 Tbs. chopped parsley
- About 4 cauliflower florets (1 cup)
- Spray oil
- Herbamare or salt n pepper
- 2 red capsicums
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2 onion diced
- 2 tbs. lemon juice
- 1/4 cup parsley
Instructions
- The filling
- Preheat oven to 180°. Toss together diced eggplant, tomatoes, onion, 3 Tbs. olive oil, and garlic in bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Spread on baking sheet, and roast 25 minutes until browned. Put in a food processor, and add basil, capers, parsley & process until chunky-not smooth. Allow to cool. Note: I've done it with other roasted veges too (zucchini, mushrooms, carrots, squash)
- The rolls
- Heat a tbs. oil in grill or fry pan over medium-high heat. Cook eggplant slices on grill pan 3 minutes per side, or until tender. Allow to cool.
- The sauce
- Roast the capsicum whole until blackened, about 25 mins. Put in plastic bag , the peel skin off. Break open and remove seeds & core. Fry up garlic & onion until coloured and yummy, Blend everything together and set aside. Note: You could also just use diced tomatoes instead of the capsicum if time poor.
- The topping
- Blend/vitamins the cauli pieces a bit finer than cauli rice, like Parmesan, Shake quite a bit of herbamare/salt & pepper over the top. Place on oven tray and cook until nicely browned, turning occasionally. This gives a nice crunchy texture to the top.
- Assembly
- Lightly spray baking dish with oil. Spoon a tbs. or two of roasted vegetables onto edge of each grilled eggplant slice. Roll eggplant slices into logs, and place seam-side-down in dish. Spoon sauce over eggplant rolls in dish. Bake 10 minutes, or until sauce is hot and bubbly. Garnish with basil leaves & "cauli Parmesan".
Notes
- Great for a dinner party or bring a plate - you can do everything the day before and assemble when needed.
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