Recipe by Brynie Greisman

Elegant Eggplant Rolls

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18 Servings
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55 Minutes
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My friends and I made sheva brachos for our friend’s daughter. Luckily I had a photo shoot the next day, so I only had to make dessert, which I was able to do in advance. H. D. G. made these eggplant rolls, and they were the talk of the evening (aside from the dessert, of course!).Even those who wouldn’t touch eggplant with a ten-foot pole had doubles because they didn’t realize what they were eating! She graciously shared the recipe with all of us. Sumptuous as an appetizer or side dish.

 

Ingredients

Main ingredients

  • 2 eggplants, peeled and sliced lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices

  • oil, for brushing

  • 2 onions, minced

  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed or 2 cubes Gefen Frozen Garlic (optional)

  • 6 carrots, minced

  • 4 stalks celery, minced

  • 1 egg

  • salt, to taste

  • 1/2 cup Gefen Bread Crumbs, or enough to hold mixture together

  • pepper, to taste

Sauce

  • 1 (15-oz) (445-ml) can Gefen Tomato Sauce

  • 1 tablespoon oil

  • 1/4 cup water

  • salt, to taste

  • sugar, to taste

  • garlic powder, to taste

Directions

Make the Eggplant Rolls

1.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius). Lightly brush both sides of eggplant slices with oil. Bake on Gefen Easy Baking Parchment Paper for 20 minutes. This will soften the eggplant so you can roll it easily.

2.

Sauté veggies in a little bit of oil until they soften and change color. Cool.

3.

Add egg, salt and pepper, and bread crumbs.

4.

Mound approximately 1/4 cup of veggie mixture in the corner of an eggplant slice. Roll up and place in a baking pan, seam side down. Continue until all the eggplant slices are rolled. (At this point you can freeze the rolls until ready to bake.)

5.

Combine sauce ingredients until well blended. Taste and adjust seasonings.

6.

Pour over eggplant rolls and bake, covered, for 20 minutes. Do not overbake, as they will fall apart if you do.

Elegant Eggplant Rolls

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devorah katz
devorah katz
7 years ago

rewarm hi id like to rewarm it to serve on yom tov how should i rewarm it?

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Cnooymow{shman
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Reply to  devorah katz
7 years ago

HI Devorah. I would treat this like stuffed cabbage. Cover tightly and rewarm at 350 for about 1/2 an hour. If you are freezing it first, bring to room temp in the fridge and then rewarm.