Crumbled feta cheese and tomatoes rolled in thin slices of eggplant with a balsamic glaze on top for a perfect weekend appetizer
Eggplant Rollatini is an Italian inspired vegan dish, made with feta cheese and marinara sauce. This dish is easy to prep and even quicker to prepare. A traditional rollatini is oven roasted, but in this recipe we are pan frying the eggplant to cook it. We have also added tomatoes and olives as a stuffing along with the feta cheese to make a more interesting dish.
Serve Balsamic Glazed Eggplant Feta Rollatini Recipe as an appetizer along with Spinach Basil Cottage Cheese Lasagna Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 Brinjal (Baingan / Eggplant)
- 100 grams Feta Cheese
- 1/2 cup Homemade Marinara Sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon Dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon Garlic , chopped
- 1 Basil leaves , chopped
- 1 Tomato , chopped
- 2 Red Radish
- 4 teaspoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 teaspoons Balsamic Vinegar
- 3 Black olives , chopped
- Sea salt , to taste
How to make Balsamic Glazed Eggplant Feta Rollatini Recipe
- To begin making make Balsamic Glazed Eggplant Feta Rollatini Recipe, wash the eggplants and cut lengthwise into thin long stripes. Use only the slices of equal lengths.
- Take a platter, lay the slices and sprinkle 1 teaspoon oil, oregano and sea salt. Rest for 10 minutes.
- In another bowl crumble or grate the feta cheese and mix with chopped black olives.
- Now heat a pan with some oil and carefully fry both sides of eggplant slices on low flame for 3-4 minutes until it cooks and lay it back on the platter. Switch off the flame.
- Spread equally the feta cheese and marinara sauce on all the slices along with chopped basil leaves and tomato. Roll the eggplants into a cylinder.
- Heat a frying pan and fry for few minutes on both side on low flame. Add a few drops of Balsamic Vinegar on top of the eggplant slices.
- Slice fresh radish and sprinkle some sea salt on it.
- Lay on serving platter with garnished radish salad on sides and serve it warm.
- Serve Balsamic Glazed Eggplant Feta Rollatini Recipe as an appetizer along with Spinach Basil Cottage Cheese Lasagna Recipe