Baked eggplant rollatini
Ingredients
- 4 eggplants
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- ½ cup grated hard cheese
- 1 egg
- 8 garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp basil, chopped
- 2 tins tomatoes
- 1 onion
- Basil
- Chilli flakes
- Rosemary
- Thyme
- Oregano
- ½ cup mozzarella cheese
Steps
- In the wok cook onion then add garlic, tinned tomatoes and dried herbs and simmer.
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- Slice eggplants into ½-inch thick slices.
- Salt on both sides and let sit to “sweat” for 10 minutes
- Pat dry with paper towel and wipe off remaining salt.
- Lay eggplant on a lightly greased pan and bake for 10 minutes.
- Mix in a bowl ricotta cheese, hard cheese, egg, salt & pepper, garlic, and basil.
- Add half the tomato sauce to bottom of baking dish.
- After eggplant has cooled spoon 1-2 tablespoons of filling on eggplant, then roll and lay in baking dish.
- Put rest of sauce over eggplant, sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
- Cover and bake for 30 minutes, then uncover and bake for 10 minutes.
