Eggplant Rolls

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 421.2
  • Total Fat: 15.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 150.8 mg
  • Sodium: 362.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 33.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.7 g
  • Protein: 12.0 g

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Introduction

This is one of those crowd pleasing recipes that looks a lot more difficult than it really is. This is one of those crowd pleasing recipes that looks a lot more difficult than it really is.
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    1 eggplant, unpeeled (approx 1-1/4 lb
    Part skim milk ricotta cheese about 1 cup
    Garlic, 3 clove ground
    2 tsp Italian Seasoning, 1 serving (remove)
    Kraft 100% Grated Parmesan & Romano Cheese, 6 tsp
    Cheese - Kraft Mozzarella Shredded, 0.25 cup
    Egg, fresh, whole, raw, 4 large
    Milk, 1%, .5 cup
    Victors Chip Steak, 6 oz
    Soy Sauce, 1 tbsp
    Mirin 2 tbsp (i usually use cooking wine but was out)
    Chili powder, 1 tsp
    Pepper, black, 1 dash
    Salt to taste
    Yellow Bell Pepper,about 10 strips,
    Squash, raw, 1 cup slices
    Corn Starch, 1 cup
    oil for light frying
    1 tbs dried parsley
    Rao's Marinara sauce 1/2 cup

Tips

This can be made a lot lighter or vegetarian by taking out the egg yolks, changing the ricotta to light and removing the meat completely. It can be stuffed with any kind of vegetable.


Directions

Take the chip steak, in a bowl add the soy, mirin, chili powder and 1 clove of garlic. Set aside.
In another bowl mix 2 eggs, parmesan, mozzarella, ricotta cheese, Italian seasoning, and parsley, remaining garlic, salt and pepper and set aside.
In another bowl mix the remaining eggs and milk. Whisk together.
Use a mandolin and slice the squash into thin strips.
Slice the bell pepper into small strips as well.
Slice eggplant longways into 1/4" slices.
Heat a small amount of oil in a pan.
Dip each eggplant piece into the egg mixture and then dip into corn starch
Place in heated pan and brown on both sides.
Remove from heat when brown and layer with thin pieces of chip steak, squash, bell pepper and ricotta mixture.
Roll the eggplant up as best as possible and place open side down into a baking dish.
Bake at 375 for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and top with small amount of rao's sauce. Serve.


Serving Size: Makes 4-6 servings (depends on the eggplant)

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KELDRAN.