Involtini di Melanzane
Eggplant Roll-Ups
This is a traditional dish from Sicily. It’s like a cousin of eggplant parmesan, but with crispy baked pasta edges and slightly tangy cheese. Buonissimo!
RECIPE:
For 10 roll ups (2-3 people)
🟥 1 Large Eggplant
🟩 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
🟥 Salt
Red Sauce:
🟩 1 Clove Garlic (Minced)
🟥 28 oz Crushed Tomatoes 794g
🟩 Salt and Pepper (To Taste)
🟥 Basil (To Taste)
Filling:
🟩 1 Serving Spaghetti
🟥 Ricotta Salata
Substitute – (½ c Crumbled Feta, ¼ c Pecorino Romano)
Garnish:
🟩 Parmesan Cheese
🟥 Fresh Basil
Steps:
⬜️ Slice the skin off opposite sides of the eggplant, then make slices about 6mm or ¼in thick.
⬛️ Salt the slices and let sit for 20 minutes to draw out some of the bitter juices
⬜️ Pat the eggplants dry, then brush on some olive oil and grill on high heat till slightly charred. (I recommend starting with the NON-oiled side for better char, then grilling the oiled side)
⬛️ As the eggplant cools, make you spaghetti with red sauce
⬜️ Fry the garlic in olive oil for 30 seconds, then pour in the tomatoes, salt, pepper and basil
⬛️ TASTE the sauce and adjust accordingly
⬜️ Cook the pasta 2 minutes short of al dente, then finish cooking in the red sauce
⬛️ Assemble the involtini as seen in the video, and place on a baking tray with some space in between. Don’t worry about the pasta falling out the sides. It’ll get crispy and delicious.
⬜️ Bake at 425F or 220C for 20 minutes
⬛️ Top with Parmesan and Basil and Enjoy!!!
#italianfood #cooking #recipes #eggplant #vegetarian
Welcome to the ABCs of Italian food I is for involtini the melan this is a traditional Sicilian dish with Crispy pasta creot and one of my personal favorite fruits eggplant to make it slice the skin off of two sides of the eggplant then make slices about this
Thin salt them to draw out some bitter juices then Pat them dry and brush one side with olive oil this recipe can be made grilled or fried but after a through H I’m trying to be a little bit healthier so I went grilled for the traditional Sicilian recipe The Filling
Is going to be spaghetti with your favorite red sauce mine’s just garlic Tomatoes salt pepper and basil and Rota Salata which is different than what you probably know as rata this is a sheep’s cheese that’s salted pressed and aged until it’s a solid crumbly texture it’s
Amazing in this dish but if you can’t find it I did put a substitution in the pin Comet roll everything together sauce parano then bake at this temp for 20 minutes
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Involtini di Melanzane
Eggplant Roll-Ups
This is a traditional dish from Sicily. It's like a cousin of eggplant parmesan, but with crispy baked pasta edges and slightly tangy cheese. Buonissimo!
RECIPE:
For 10 roll ups (2-3 people)
🟥 1 Large Eggplant
🟩 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
🟥 Salt
Red Sauce:
🟩 1 Clove Garlic (Minced)
🟥 28 oz Crushed Tomatoes 794g
🟩 Salt and Pepper (To Taste)
🟥 Basil (To Taste)
Filling:
🟩 1 Serving Spaghetti
🟥 Ricotta Salata
Substitute – (¼ c Ricotta, ½ c Crumbled Feta, ¼ c Pecorino Romano)
Garnish:
🟩 Parmesan Cheese
🟥 Fresh Basil
Steps:
⬜️ Slice the skin off opposite sides of the eggplant, then make slices about 6mm or ¼in thick.
⬛️ Salt the slices and let sit for 20 minutes to draw out some of the bitter juices
⬜️ Pat the eggplants dry, then brush on some olive oil and grill on high heat till slightly charred. (I recommend starting with the NON-oiled side for better char, then grilling the oiled side)
⬛️ As the eggplant cools, make you spaghetti with red sauce
⬜️ Fry the garlic in olive oil for 30 seconds, then pour in the tomatoes, salt, pepper and basil
⬛️ TASTE the sauce and adjust accordingly
⬜️ Cook the pasta 2 minutes short of al dente, then finish cooking in the red sauce
⬛️ Assemble the involtini as seen in the video, and place on a baking tray with some space in between. Don't worry about the pasta falling out the sides. It'll get crispy and delicious.
⬜️ Bake at 425F or 220C for 20 minutes
⬛️ Top with Parmesan and Basil and Enjoy!!!
#italianfood #cooking #recipes #eggplant #vegetarian
Great content once again and very educational would love to cook w ya one day!
If you like eggplant rolls, do you know about Georgian eggplant rolls?
They taste divine.
I didn't know the Italian dish here, but this sounds also really mouthwatering
that actually looks better than eggplant parmasean
Man you’re cooking is so authentic
Mark my words: Trigg will have a million followers before christmas!
As an Italian, this guys legit
So basically Italian Sushi
Don't be healthy!
I come here to indulge 😂😂
Great recipe!
Gawdamn
I love how your channel isn’t focused on glamorous trendy food, but more on teaching Italian cuisine. Thank you and please don’t change.
Is it really necessary to salt the eggplant to draw out bitter juices nowadays? Nowadays they are fairly mild due to varieties bred to be less bitter and often harvested in a green house.
Thanks Trigg! You're the best! 😘
You taken my advice to show how to do it and put it in the comments
Fantastic channel! What watch are you using btw? Love it
nice
This is the only time that a food youtuber doesn't sexually harrass his eggplant 😂
Perfect rendition of our involtini 😀 You're good man, really good!
I don’t really like k pasta, but DAYUM. It looks very delicious and would like to try some
How is today the day i get to know that eggplant is a fruit in all my years spawned on this earth hhhuhh????!!!😂
Wait, did he just call eggplant a fruit?
This guy produces such quality content, dude you're seriously underrated, love your videos my guy!
麻辣？
There are other cuisines in this world other than Italian. Beating a dead horse here
As an Italian i can tell you that this looks amazing but we don’t make it with pasta inside, or at least i’ve never seen it hahahaha it’s a nice American touch to a traditional dish, it could be used as a way to eat leftover spaghetti from yesterday, and i will try it! 😊