If you want to cook something tasty, healthy and nutritious from vegetables, then this article is especially for you. Today we will look at a
recipe for eggplant rolls - with cheese, garlic, tomatoes and meat. There is no need to use all of the listed ingredients at a time - here are a few options, each of which is good in its own way, and you just have to choose: either a vegetarian dish, or what is more satisfying - with minced beef or pork. And lovers of "Philadelphia" or "Viola" will also find a good way to make vegetables with delicious cheese filling.
How to make beautiful eggplant rolls: recipes with garlic, tomatoes and cream cheese
This dish is prepared quickly, because what could be easier than wrapping your favorite filling in fried eggplant. In this option, we chose tomatoes, garlic and cheese. This wonderful vegetarian snack can be a full dinner, and can complement the festive table, because it looks pretty nice. For cooking you will need:
- 2 large eggplants;
- 1 ripe tomato;
- any cream cheese, for example Philadelphia - 70 g;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- greens - little by little parsley, dill, lettuce;
vegetable oil.
This recipe for eggplant rolls involves two cooking steps. First prepare the vegetables: wash, dry and cut into thin plates. To get bitterness out of them, place the slices in salted water for twenty minutes. During this time, you can make the filling. Mix very finely chopped greens with cheese and pulp of tomatoes (without seeds and peels), add squeezed garlic. You should get a thick, uniform paste. Then fry the eggplant on both sides with a little oil. It is better that the pan is very hot - then the vegetables do not absorb a lot of fat. And now it remains only to add the filling - on each layer put about a teaspoon of a mixture of cheese and vegetables, wrap. Done. This recipe for eggplant rolls does not require additional frying, and the filling is so tender that you and your family will certainly want additives. Therefore, it is best to immediately cook a double portion of this snack. Moreover, it does not require special skills and a lot of time. By the way, the filling can be made easier - use only garlic and any cream cheese, or you can take regular cream cheese, which is now sold with various additives.
Eggplant rolls with minced meat
Those who prefer more thorough and hearty dishes will surely appreciate the combination of vegetables and meat baked in the oven. For cooking you will need:
- 2 eggplants;
- 200 g of pork or ground beef;
- 1 raw egg;
- 100 g pulp of zucchini;
- 1 tablespoon of small crackers and soy sauce - we will use them for the filling;
- vegetable oil, salt and pepper.
Mix grated zucchini, minced meat, egg, crackers and soy sauce. Add a little salt (the sauce is already salty, there is a risk of salt) and pepper. This will be the filling. And the eggplant itself must be thoroughly washed and cut into very thin slices, not more than 3 mm thick. Very well this helps a special vegetable cutter. After that, on the edge of each plate (raw! This
recipe for eggplant rolls involves baking in the oven, not frying), put a little filling, wrap, pierce each roll with a toothpick. When everything is ready, put the rolls in a baking dish, which must be greased with oil, send to the oven for 30 minutes. It is better to set the temperature in advance, it should be about 200 degrees. After the agreed time, you will get a beautiful and satisfying dish. It can be both festive and everyday. The eggplant roll recipe is worthy of you to include it in your personal cookbook.