Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, eggplant meatballs with marinara. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Eggplant Meatballs in Marinara Sauce is actually a meat-free recipe that is vegetarian and gluten-free. This Eggplant Meatball recipe is made with roasted eggplant, creamy salty parmesan cheese, Italian breadcrumbs and fresh basil and parsley packed into a balls, and then lightly fried, served topped with marinara sauce. Eggplant meatballs are wonderful and tasty ways to use an eggplant to make a unique vegetarian dish.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook eggplant meatballs with marinara using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Eggplant meatballs with marinara:
- Prepare 1 small eggplant
- Make ready 1 large egg lightly beaten
- Get 1/2 cup cooked cannellini or navy beans (rinsed), smash with fork
- Get 1 large clove garlic finely chopped
- Take 1/4 cup finely chopped basil
- Get 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
- Get 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan
- Make ready Salt & pepper
- Prepare 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
- Get Olive oil
- Get 2 cups marinara (homemade or store bought
Uses - Serve meatballs with pasta with a homemade marinara sauce for a classic spaghetti and meatballs dish. These easy eggplant meatballs are made with eggplant, mushrooms, and breadcrumbs for the perfect vegetarian Italian dinner. A vegetarian version of an Italian classic!. Nutritional information is an estimate for eggplant meatballs without marinara or spaghetti.
Steps to make Eggplant meatballs with marinara:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and place the eggplant on top. Use a fork to prick the eggplant 4 times, then place the eggplant in the oven and roast it until it has completely collapsed and a paring knife easily slips into the center, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool the eggplant 20 minutes. Leave the oven on.
- Slice the eggplant in half lengthwise and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh (discard the skin). Place the roasted eggplant in a medium bowl and stir in the egg and beans. Add the garlic, basil, parmesan, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and stir to combine, then mix in the breadcrumbs.
- Again, line the rimmed baking sheet with a clean sheet of foil and lightly mist it with spray. Shape the eggplant mixture into balls about the size of a golf ball (2 tablespoons per ball; you should get about 16). Place them on the prepared baking sheet and lightly mist the top of the balls with spray. Bake the eggplant balls until they are golden brown and firm, about 20 minutes.
- While the meatballs cook, warm the marinara sauce in a small saucepan. Remove the meatballs from the oven, sprinkle with a little extra parmesan and serve with the marinara sauce. Serve over pasta or not :)
This Vegan Eggplant Meatball Marinara has been a work in progress in my mind for awhile now. Each time I attempted to make the "meatballs" with just eggplant and breadcrumbs, too mushy. Finally, I drew from my positive experiences with these Veggie Nuggets and these Crispy Chickpea Cutlets over on my sister site, Living Vegan. I had to give it some substance and so I determined chickpeas. I don't like turkey meatballs but eggplant took the taste of a meatball to a new level.
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