Easy Baked Eggplant Rollatini
If you're looking for a vegetarian meal for Meatless Monday, look no further than this Eggplant Rollatini recipe! It's EASY to make and full of flavor!
Ingredients:
- 2 eggplants
- fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 garlic clove , finely minced
- 8 ounces fresh spinach , drained and chopped
- 8 ounces ricotta cheese , drained
- 2 tablespoons roasted red pepper , drained and minced
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups plain tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
- 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese , freshly grated
Direction
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two baking sheets with cooking spray.
- Using a mandolin slicer, cut eggplant lengthwise into 1/4 inch slices. Season with fine sea salt and ground black pepper.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until edges start to brown slightly. Slices should be pliable and flexible, but not crispy.
- Allow to cool.
- Heat olive oil in a non-stick skillet. Add garlic, cooking for 1-2 minutes.
- Add fresh spinach and toss until fully wilted and reduced.
- Drain and dry spinach as much as you can. Lay it flat on a paper towel to get as much water out as possible.
- Make sure the ricotta is fully drained and roasted red peppers and spinach are as dry as possible.
- Combine ricotta cheese, roasted red pepper, chopped spinach and egg in a mixing bowl.
- Working one roll at a time, place a 1-2 tablespoons at the edge of an eggplant slice. Roll up and place, seam side down, in a baking dish coated with cooking spray.
- Continue with remaining slices.
- In a separate bowl, stir together tomato sauce and dried oregano. Top eggplant rolls with tomato sauce, mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.
- Bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes.
- Remove and allow to sit for 5-10 minutes before serving.
- If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was in the comments or ratings.