Roasted Eggplant And Tomato Sandwiches Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Sprinkle eggplant with 2 teaspoons salt, and place in a colander set over a bowl. Let stand 30 minutes. Rinse and pat dry.
• Arrange eggplant in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Brush both sides with 1/4 cup oil. Toss tomatoes with remaining tablespoon oil, season with salt and pepper, and add to sheet. Sprinkle with capers. Roast, flipping eggplant halfway through, until eggplant is golden brown and very tender and tomatoes have burst, 30 to 35 minutes.
• Brush rolls with oil from pan. Divide vegetables among rolls and top with cheese.

Steps:

• Brush the eggplant slices with the egg and dip both sides in Parmesan cheese. Place slices on a sheetpan and place under broiler. Brown both sides, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool. Mix garlic and thyme into mayonnaise. Spread mayonnaise on bread. Layer the eggplant and tomato slices on bread. Slice sandwich into 4 sections.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• In a small pot, heat about 1/2 cup of the extra-virgin olive oil with the crushed garlic, rosemary sprigs, and red pepper flakes. Let the oil infuse over low heat for a couple minutes.
• Meanwhile, arrange cooling racks over 2 rimmed baking sheets. Trim the tops and bottoms of the eggplants and thinly slice the eggplants and the tomatoes. Brush the eggplant with seasoned oil, using a pastry brush, and arrange the slices on 1 of the racks. Arrange the sliced tomatoes on the other rack and season both the eggplant and tomatoes with salt and pepper, to taste. Roast until the eggplant is tender and slightly shriveled up, about 15 minutes.
• While the eggplant and tomatoes roast, add the basil, parsley, nuts, Parmigiano, and salt and pepper, to taste, in a food processor and pulse until finely chopped. With the processor running, stream in about 1/4 cup of extra-virgin olive oil to form a thick pesto. Arrange about 1/2 cup of arugula leaves on each sub roll bottom. Top with layered slices of roasted eggplant, mozzarella, and roasted tomatoes. Spread some pesto on the roll tops and set in place. Cut the subs in half and serve.

Steps:

• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Brush olive oil over both sides of each eggplant slice. Arrange eggplant slices onto a baking sheet.
• Cook eggplant slices under the broiler until tender and lightly browned, about 5 minutes per side.
• Toast split rolls under the broiler, cut sides up, until lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir yogurt, cheese, and garlic together in a small bowl until smooth; spread onto the rolls. Divide eggplant slices between the rolls; add tomato slices and basil to complete sandwiches.

Steps:

• Slice eggplants in 1/4 inch vertically (long wise) arrange on plate and salt for 20 minutes. * Salt- Sprinkle liberally with salt to draw out moisture and bitter eggplant juice.
• Slice tomatoes 1/4 inch thick and lightly salt as well.
• Spoon 1/2 cup of mayo into small plastic container and press garlic (using a garlic press) cloves into mayo, stir. Cover and then refrigerate.
• Hand tear basil into strips and sprinkle on tomatoes, cover with paper towel.
• Rinse salted eggplant with warm water and pat dry with paper towels.
• Add olive oil to medium sauce pan and heat on medium avoid smoking oil. You can use grape seed oil as alternative if preferred.
• Place eggplant in oil and cook until each side is golden.
• Eggplant should be placed on a paper towel once done frying.
• Pat tomatoes dry with paper towel and begin assembly, eggplant, tomato, dollop of mayo, eggplant.
• Eat warm.
• You might not like the eggplant skin and prefer to skin sections off.

Steps:

• Combine chopped tomatoes, chopped fresh basil and red wine vinegar in small bowl. Season mixture to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat) or preheat broiler. Brush 6 largest eggplant slices lightly with olive oil (reserve remaining eggplant for another use.) Brush bread lightly with olive oil. Grill eggplant and bread until golden, about 4 minutes per side for eggplant and 2 minutes per side for bread. Arrange bread slices on plates. Spread goat cheese over, dividing evenly. Top with eggplant slices. Season with salt and pepper. Using slotted spoon, mound tomato mixture on eggplant, spread to cover and serve.

Steps:

• Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat) or preheat broiler. Combine oil and garlic in small bowl. Let stand 5 minutes.
• Brush cut sides of baguette and both sides of eggplant slices and tomato slices with garlic oil. Grill cut sides of baguette until toasted, about 2 minutes. Transfer baguette, cut side up, to plates. Season eggplant and tomatoes with salt and pepper. Grill eggplant until cooked through, about 6 minutes per side; transfer to plate. Grill tomatoes until warmed through, about 1 minute per side; transfer to plate.
• Spread goat cheese on bread, dividing equally. Overlap eggplant slices, then tomato slices on baguette halves, covering completely. Garnish with fresh basil leaves. Cut each sandwich diagonally into 4 sections and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat your oven's broiler. Brush eggplant slices with olive oil, and place them on a baking sheet or broiling pan. Place the pan about 6 inches from the heat source. Cook under the broiler for 10 minutes, or until tender and toasted.
• Split the French rolls lengthwise, and toast. In a cup or small bowl, stir together the mayonnaise and garlic. Spread this mixture on the toasted bread. Fill the rolls with eggplant slices, tomato, feta cheese and basil leaves.

Steps:

• Heat skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium heat. Add eggplant; cook 5 min. on each side or until tender and lightly browned on both sides.
• Spread toast slices with dressing.
• Fill with lettuce, turkey, eggplant and tomatoes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Toss eggplant slices with olive oil, garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a few pinches pepper.
• Lay eggplant on baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven and brush with the balsamic vinegar.
• Cut baguette in half lengthwise and hollow out the center.
• Brush both sides generously with pesto, then lay eggplant in bottom in overlapping slices.
• Follow with an overlapping layer of tomatoes and sprinkle them lightly with salt and pepper.
• Place the cheese on top and follow with the lettuce.
• Place the top of the baguette on the sandwich and slice diagonally into 4 sandwiches.

Steps:

• Wash and trim eggplant. Cut into 4 long slices and parboil in water to cover for 1 minute. Drain.
• Wash, trim and slice zucchini lengthwise into 4 slices.
• Prepare double-size stovetop grill and spray the slices on one side with pan spray. Arrange them on the grill sprayed side down, and grill on the stovetop grill for a couple of minutes. Spray and turn and grill a few more minutes, until tender.
• Slice crust from ends of the bread. Cut into 4 long slices.
• Coarsely grate the cheeses.
• Remove the zucchini from the grill; set aside.
• Mix the anchovy paste with the vinegar.
• Spread the eggplant slices on one side with anchovy mixture, then spray with pan spray and grill on stovetop over medium-high heat for a few minutes, until browned.
• Grill the bread on both sides.
• Chop the basil. Prepare and slice each tomato into 4 thick slices.
• Turn the eggplant and brush with vinegar-anchovy mixture, then spray with pan spray and grill a couple of minutes, until browned on the other side.
• Arrange the eggplant, mozzarella, zucchini, Parmigiano, tomatoes and basil on each of two slices. Season with pepper. Top with remaining bread and cut in half.