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Eggplant Rollatini with Tomato-Basil Sauce

4

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Total time: 1 hr 7 min • Prep: 25 min • Cook: 42 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy

Here's a light twist on an Italian classic. It's full of flavour and still tastes rich despite all of the missing fat.

Ingredients

Cooking spray

3 spray(s)

Uncooked eggplant

2 medium, tops and bottoms removed, sliced lengthwise into four 1/4-inch-thick long slices each

Olive oil

1 tsp(s)

Garlic

2 clove(s), large, sliced (about 2 Tbsp)

Fresh basil

2 tbsp(s), fresh, torn

Cooking spray

1 spray(s)

Canned crushed tomatoes

1 cup(s)

Minced onion

¼ cup(s)

Zucchini

1 small, diced

Garlic

1 clove(s), large, chopped (about 1 Tbsp)

Part-skim ricotta cheese

½ cup(s)

Fresh parsley

½ cup(s), fresh, chopped

Fresh basil

2 tbsp(s), chopped

Grated Parmesan cheese

3 tbsp(s), divided

Raw egg

1 large

Table salt

¼ tsp(s)

Black pepper

¼ pinch(es), freshly ground

Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 450ºF. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.

2

Lay eggplant in a single layer on prepared baking sheet and lightly coat tops with cooking spray. Bake, flipping once, until golden brown, about 10 minutes per side. Remove from oven and set aside.

3

To make sauce, place oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add sliced garlic; sauté until it begins to brown, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add crushed tomatoes; stir to combine and reduce heat to low. Add torn basil, stir to combine and simmer for 10 minutes. Cover, remove from heat and set aside.

4

To make filling, coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add onion and zucchini; sauté until onion starts to brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in chopped garlic and cook 1 minute more; spoon onion mixture into a small bowl to cool. In another small bowl, combine ricotta, parsley, chopped basil, and 2 tablespoons of Parmesan; stir to combine. Add cooled onion mixture; stir to combine. Add egg, salt and pepper; stir to combine.

5

To make rollatini, reduce oven to 400ºF. Spoon 3 tablespoons of sauce in bottom of an 8- X 8-inch glass or nonstick metal baking dish and swirl to coat bottom with sauce. On a clean cutting board, place 1 slice of eggplant. Place 2 tablespoons of filling at the narrow end of eggplant and roll up; place in prepared baking dish, seam side-down. Repeat with remaining eggplant slices; arrange in a single layer in dish. Spoon remaining 1/2 cup of sauce and remaining tablespoon of Parmesan over eggplant. Bake until sauce bubbles, about 10 to 15 minutes. Yields 2 pieces of rollatini per serving.

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