🍆 Crispy Italian Eggplant Balls – Nonna’s Secret Recipe! (Vegan Option)
Watch how an Italian makes authentic Polpette di Melanzane – crispy on the outside, soft inside, and packed with Mediterranean flavor! Perfect as an appetizer, snack, or even a meatless main dish. 🇮🇹✨
📝 INGREDIENTS (Serves 4-6):
3 medium eggplants
2 eggs (or flax eggs for vegan)
100g stale bread, soaked & squeezed
2 tbsp capers, chopped
4 anchovy fillets (optional, skip for vegan)
4 tbsp breadcrumbs (+ extra for coating)
4 tbsp grated Parmigiano cheese (or nutritional yeast)
2 garlic cloves, minced
Salt to taste
Vegetable oil (for frying)
(Full recipe details in the video!)
🔥 WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS RECIPE:
✅ Crispy & golden – the perfect texture!
✅ Bursting with Italian flavors – capers, garlic, and Parmigiano.
✅ Versatile – serve as appetizers, with pasta, or in a sandwich.
✅ Meatless but satisfying – great for vegetarians (with vegan swaps).
📌 TIPS:
For a lighter version, bake at 400°F (200°C) for 20-25 mins.
Swap anchovies with olives or sun-dried tomatoes for a vegan twist.
Serve with marinara sauce or atop spaghetti!
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Hello friends, welcome to my channel. Today I’m going to share with you a recipe that it’s my all-time favorite. Meatballs, but not with meat. They’re done simply with eggplants, but it is absolutely delicious and you have to try. So, let’s go. Okay, friends. Going to start by washing our eggplants. I’m using three eggplants. I cut them in half and then in half again. Now we’re going to put them to boil. We need two eggs, bread crumbs, bread leaf from the day before, two cloves of garlic, peppers. I put them to soak to take out the excess salt that it had. I washed them twice. I rinsed them real well. Anchovies, parameo cheese. Going to cut our bread. We put the bread to soak in water for a while. I boiled my eggplants. I strained them real well. And now I’m going to put them in the bowl. Now we add our bread. Soaked bread strained real good. I keep saying without any water cuz it’s important cuz the batter has to be nice and dry. Let our garlic clove. If you don’t like garlic, don’t add it. the anchovies. You cut them real thin. Need a little bit of more breadrumbs. And here is our mixture. It’s a recipe my mom used to make. When they get nice and gold, they’re ready to come out. And here friends we have oret de melanzan. I hope you like my recipe and if you do give me thumbs up and please subscribe to my channel.