Eggplant meatballs
Eggplant meatballs

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, eggplant meatballs. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Eggplant meatballs is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Eggplant meatballs is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Introduced to Eggplant Meatballs when eating out in Virginia Beach at restaurant named HOT TUNA. OMG husband & I were enamered w/ how delicious the Eggplant Meatballs were & I immediately was looking for a recipe on line to make at home. If you know me, you know I love eggplant!

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook eggplant meatballs using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Eggplant meatballs:
  1. Make ready 1 1/2 lbs eggplant
  2. Make ready 1 1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs
  3. Take 2 oz parmesan grated
  4. Take 1 egg beaten
  5. Get 2 tblsp fresh basil diced
  6. Make ready 1 tblsp fresh oregano diced

Next time I will cut the eggplant a tad bigger - maybe a little bigger then the size of dice - I also added chopped banana pepper & jalopeno to the rest of the batch (I made double right off. Turn the polpette a couple of times while frying so they brown evenly. How to store Eggplant Meatballs DIRECTIONS. Slice eggplant and sprinkle with salt.

Steps to make Eggplant meatballs:
  1. Pre heat 425°. Cut your eggplant into 1 inch squares.
  2. Heat oil in a large saute pan. Add eggplant. Add 1/4cup water and salt pepper to taste.
  3. Saute till tender, 10 -12 minutes.
  4. Add eggplant to a food processor. Pulse until chopped fine..
  5. In a large bowl, add bread crumbs,cheese, egg, eggplant, basil, oregano
  6. Make your meatballs and place on a greased baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes, flip, then bake another 10 minutes.
  7. Add your meatballs into some sauce and simmer for 5 minutes. Serve over pasta enjoy.

These hearty eggplant meatballs are the perfect finger food to serve to babies and toddlers, and they're a healthy dinner menu item for moms and dads too. Serve to the family for a hearty meatless Monday meal or as a unique, vegetarian-friendly appetizer for dinners guests. Eggplant meatballs are ideal as a main course or even as appetizing finger food. Fried or baked, they are sure to win you over! Cut them into cubes and transfer to a colander.

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