INVOLTINI DI MELANZANE

Aubergine spring rolls.
A delightful Mediterranean taste with cherry tomatoes contrasting with the fried aubergine. Lovely with a filling of buffalo mozzarella.

Ingredients:
- 4 medium aubergines, peeled and sliced lenghtwise into 5mm (1/4″) pieces
- 400 g (15 oz) Italian ‘00′ flour
-Sunflower oil, for frying
- 3 mozzarella balls
- 20 basil leaves
- salt to taste

Submerge the aubergines in water with 1 tablespoon flour for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, heat the oil. Drain the aubergines from the water, pressing two slices at a time between your palms, and arrange over a tray to dry. Cover the slices with flour to coat all sides. Fry in the hot oil until golden-brown and transfer to a tray lined with paper towels. Cool for two minutes, then gently press each slice between clean paper towels to get rid of any excess oil. Season with salt. Slice the mozzarella into rounds 5mm thick, and cut again into wide strips. Place one piece of mozzarella and one basil leaf across the lower third of each aubergine slice and gently roll up.

ASSEMBLY:
- 20 cherry tomatoes
- 3 garlic cloves, sliced thinly
- extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 5 basil leaves, coarsley chopped

Toss the tomatoes with the garlic, oil, salt, pepper and basil and drizzle with more olive oil until well-combined. Layer half the seasoned tomatoes over the bottom of a 20×20 cm baking dish. Line the aubergine rolls on top and top with the remaining tomatoes.
Bake at 180 ºC for 15minutes. Serve hot.

BUON APPETITO

Written by Itri on 29 June 2010 | Posted in All News Entries, Recipes

One Response to “INVOLTINI DI MELANZANE”

1. Louise says:

   July 22, 2010 at 9:57 am

   Hi your recipe sounds absolutely scrumptious !!! I am going to try it out for myself and aubergines are in season here in Italy. We would love to visit your restaurant next time we are in Scotland

   We are an ENGLISH FAMILY who decided to sell up in the UK, completely change our lifestyle and move out to Italy. We came on holiday several times to this beautiful area of SOUTH LAZIO, and we liked it so much, we decided to make it our home !!!

   Guess where ??? ITRI !!!

   We have been living here for over 5 years now and absolutely love it.

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   We also have a Blog where you can catch up with our news and adventures in Italy:

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