{"id":30615,"date":"2014-08-07T11:15:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T15:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=30615"},"modified":"2016-07-14T16:08:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T20:08:39","slug":"eggplant-rollatini-arrabiata-sauce-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/eggplant-rollatini-arrabiata-sauce-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Eggplant Rollatini with Arrabiata Sauce Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take a cue from Italian cuisine with this eggplant rollatini dish, made healthier with part-skim ricotta and a homemade, spicy arrabiata sauce. Grilling the eggplant<\/a> boosts the dish\u2019s flavor and makes rolling the vegetable a cinch. Feeling indulgent? Add slices of fresh mozzarella<\/a> on top and bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Emily Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eggplant Rollatini with Arrabiata Sauce Recipe\u00a0<\/h3>\n

Serves 6<\/em><\/p>\n

Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time:\u00a0 30 minutes<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/b><\/h3>\n

For Sauce:
<\/i>1 28. oz can San Marzano whole tomatoes
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
3 tablespoons of tomato paste
1\/4 teaspoon sugar
1\/2 teaspoon sea salt
ground black pepper<\/p>\n

For Eggplant:
<\/i>2 large eggplants
1\/4 cup olive oil
sea salt
ground black pepper
1\/4 cup basil
1 cup part-skim ricotta<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/b><\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Preheat grill to medium heat.<\/li>\n
  2. Prepare eggplant by cutting off the ends and slicing lengthwise into 1\/4\u201d thick pieces. Sprinkle salt on eggplant and place in colander for 20 minutes.<\/li>\n
  3. Using a food processor, process can of tomatoes until smooth.<\/li>\n
  4. In a large stock pot over medium-low heat, heat olive oil.<\/li>\n
  5. Add garlic, stirring for 30 seconds. Then add red pepper flakes and tomato paste.<\/li>\n
  6. Stir in processed tomatoes, sugar, sea salt and a dash of ground black pepper. Let simmer for 10\u00a0 to 15 minutes.<\/li>\n
  7. Rinse off eggplant and pat dry. Using a pastry brush, brush oil onto eggplant slices and season with salt and pepper. Remaining oil can be brushed onto eggplant as it grills.<\/li>\n
  8. Place eggplant slices on grill, cooking for 3-5 minutes each side. Transfer to baking sheet.<\/li>\n
  9. In food processor, mix ricotta and basil until smooth.<\/li>\n
  10. Scoop one tablespoon of ricotta and basil mixture onto wider end of eggplant and then roll tightly.<\/li>\n
  11. In a deep dish, spoon arrabiata sauce and place rollatini on top. If need be, warm up the dish in the oven for 15 minutes at 350\u00b0 F. Garnish with basil and serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For more recipes from Emily, visit www.emsbytes.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Make a healthier rollatini recipe without sacrificing flavors thanks to grilled eggplant and a spicy arrabiata sauce. Plus two rolls are less than 200 calories and gluten-free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":30617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27,9],"tags":[234,175,341,381,178,95],"class_list":["post-30615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gluten-free","category-healthy","category-recipes","tag-cheese","tag-gluten-free","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2low-carb-diets","tag-vegetable","tag-vegetarian"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}