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EGGPLANT ROLILATINI
WITH THREE CHEESES
Serves 4
Sauce:
1/2 cup finely chopped carrots
1/2 cup finely chopped white part of leek, rinsed
well and drained
1 cup finely chopped onions
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 35-ounce can plum tomatoes, chopped,
Including the Juice
1 bay lest
1 teaspoon crumbled dried thyme
Rollatinl
2 1 1/2 pound eggplants, peeled and
sliced lengthwise 1/4 inch thick
1/2 pound Feta
1 cup whole-milk ricota
1 large egg, beaten lightly
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan
1 tablespoon fresh lemon Juice
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon minced trash parsley
leaves cup minced scallions
Oil for brushing
Make the sauce: In a large
heavy skillet cook the carrots, the leeks, and the onions in the oil over
moderately low heat, stirring, until the vegetables are softened, add the
garlic, and cook the mixture, stirring for 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes,
the bay leaf, and the thyme, bring the mixture to a boil, and simmer it,
stirring occasionally, for 45 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste and
discard the bay leaf.
Make the rollatini: Sprinkles
the eggplant slices lightly with salt on both sides and let them drain
in o colander for 30 minutes. In a food processor chop fine the Feta, add
the ricotta, the soy, 1/2 cup of the Parmesan, and the lemon juice, and
Mend the mixture until It is smooth. Add 1/4 cup of the parsley and the
scallions and process the mixture for 10 seconds. Transfer the eggplant
slices to paper towels and pat them dry. Arrange one third of the eggplant
slices in one layer on a jelly-roll pan, brushed with oil, and brush the
tops with the oil. Cook the eggplant slices under a preheated broiler about
4 inches from the heat, turning them once and brushing them again with
the oil, for 8 to 10 minutes, or until they are browned lightly on both
sides, transfer them to paper towels to drain, and cook the remaining slices
in the same manner. Put 2 tablespoon of the cheese mixture at the wide
end of each slice and roll up the slices to enclose the filling.
Spread 1/4 cup of the sauce
in a 10-by 7-inch baking pan and arrange the eggplant rolls in one layer
on the sauce. Pour the remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan. Bake the rollatinni
8 preheated 350°
F. oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until they are heated through, and sprinkle
them with the remaining 1 tablespoon parsley.
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