Eggplant with cheese and garlic will be the perfect snack for any festive table. It is worth noting that such a fragrant dish is prepared quickly and surprisingly easily.
How to Make Eggplant Stuffed with Cheese and Garlic
Essential Ingredients:
- vegetable oil - 100 ml (for frying vegetables);
- small fresh garlic - 3-4 cloves;
- processed cheese - 150 g;
- young medium-sized eggplants - 3-4 pcs.;
- iodized salt - 0.5-1 dessert spoon;
- walnut without bitterness - 50 g;
- wheat flour - 5 large spoons;
- medium fat mayonnaise - 140 g;
- fresh dill and parsley - several branches;
- lettuce and fresh tomatoes - to decorate the dish.
Vegetable processing
Eggplant with cheese and garlic should be made only from fresh products. After all, overripe vegetables have a tough and rough peel, which can spoil the whole holiday snack. Thus, the acquired young eggplant needs to be washed well, cleaned of the stalks, and then cut lengthwise into thin plates (not thicker than 0.7 centimeters).
Frying vegetables
Before sending the eggplant with cheese and garlic to the oven, it is recommended to fry it in a pan. Such a heat treatment will make the vegetable softer and more juicy, which is essential for stuffing. To do this, chopped slices should be rolled on both sides in wheat flour and iodized salt, and then placed on a heated dish with vegetable oil. After the eggplants are completely covered with a brownish crust, they must be removed from the pan and placed on a paper napkin. This procedure will save the fried plates from excess oil.
Cooking toppings
For minced meat, you need to take a few processed cheeses, grind them on a fine grater, and then mix together with chopped parsley and dill, mayonnaise, as well as with fried walnuts, which must be crushed. By the way, it is recommended to leave part of the grated cheese, so that later they sprinkle the dish on top.
Snack Formation
Eggplant with cheese and garlic must be done as follows: you need to put a small amount of the filling on the fried plate, and then immediately wrap it in a small roll and place in a shallow dish designed for the oven.
Heat treatment
After the whole form is filled with eggplant roulettes, it must be put in the oven for several minutes. Also, on top of the appetizer you need to cover with a small amount of grated cheese. Under the influence of high temperature, it melts and spreads beautifully throughout the vegetable dish.
Proper serving
Baked eggplant under cheese should be placed on the festive table only in chilled form. To present the appetizer beautifully, the stuffed vegetables must be laid out on a flat large dish, the surface of which must be pre-lined with green lettuce leaves and circles of ripe tomatoes. Eggplant roulette can be decorated with olives or olives on top.