Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week Eggplant meatballs with marinara

Eggplant meatballs with marinara. These delicious Eggplant Meatballs are made with roasted eggplant, breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, and fresh herbs, topped with fresh cheese, and baked in your favorite marinara sauce. So tender and flavorful, you won't even notice they're completely meat-free. "Who says meatballs have to have meat? After roasting, eggplant takes on a meaty flavor." While the meatballs cook, warm the marinara sauce in a small saucepan.

This Eggplant Meatball recipe is made with roasted eggplant, creamy salty parmesan cheese, Italian breadcrumbs and fresh basil and parsley packed into a balls, and then lightly fried, served topped. These Italian eggplant balls with basil and Pecorino Romano cheese are super easy to make and so good. The cooking process makes them extra tender.

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, eggplant meatballs with marinara. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

These delicious Eggplant Meatballs are made with roasted eggplant, breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, and fresh herbs, topped with fresh cheese, and baked in your favorite marinara sauce. So tender and flavorful, you won't even notice they're completely meat-free. "Who says meatballs have to have meat? After roasting, eggplant takes on a meaty flavor." While the meatballs cook, warm the marinara sauce in a small saucepan.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have eggplant meatballs with marinara using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Eggplant meatballs with marinara:

1. {Make ready 1 of small eggplant.
2. {Make ready 1 of large egg lightly beaten.
3. {Make ready 1/2 cup of cooked cannellini or navy beans (rinsed), smash with fork.
4. {Get 1 of large clove garlic finely chopped.
5. {Prepare 1/4 cup of finely chopped basil.
6. {Prepare 1/4 cup of finely chopped parsley.
7. {Make ready 1/2 cup of finely grated Parmesan.
8. {Take of Salt & pepper.
9. {Make ready 1 cup of panko breadcrumbs.
10. {Make ready of Olive oil.
11. {Take 2 cups of marinara (homemade or store bought.

Eggplant meatballs are tasty vegetarian versions of traditional meatballs. These are made from eggplant (of course), parmesan, garlic Using eggplant and binders like eggs, and bread crumbs with herbs and spices, the balls are shaped and baked. In this case simply served with a marinara. Add a little oil to a pan on medium-high heat and cook the onions and garlic until they are deeply caramelized.

Instructions to make Eggplant meatballs with marinara:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and place the eggplant on top. Use a fork to prick the eggplant 4 times, then place the eggplant in the oven and roast it until it has completely collapsed and a paring knife easily slips into the center, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool the eggplant 20 minutes. Leave the oven on..
2. Slice the eggplant in half lengthwise and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh (discard the skin). Place the roasted eggplant in a medium bowl and stir in the egg and beans. Add the garlic, basil, parmesan, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and stir to combine, then mix in the breadcrumbs..
3. Again, line the rimmed baking sheet with a clean sheet of foil and lightly mist it with spray. Shape the eggplant mixture into balls about the size of a golf ball (2 tablespoons per ball; you should get about 16). Place them on the prepared baking sheet and lightly mist the top of the balls with spray. Bake the eggplant balls until they are golden brown and firm, about 20 minutes..
4. While the meatballs cook, warm the marinara sauce in a small saucepan. Remove the meatballs from the oven, sprinkle with a little extra parmesan and serve with the marinara sauce. Serve over pasta or not :).

These Eggplant Meatballs are so flavorful that I end up eating the mixture as I shape them into meatballs. For this recipe, I went for Italian style and paired these Eggplant Meatballs with Raw Marinara Sauce and made zucchini noodles to go with it. Vegan Eggplant Meatball Marinara made with roasted eggplant and chickpeas. Served over my mushroom marinara and topped with vegan cheese. Each time I attempted to make the "meatballs" with just eggplant and breadcrumbs, too mushy.

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