Gorgonzola Stuffed Eggplant Rolls With Mushroom Tomato Sauce Recipes

SAUSAGE AND GORGONZOLA-STUFFED PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Evenly drizzle both sides of mushrooms with olive oil, then season, if desired, with salt and black pepper. On cookie sheet, arrange mushrooms, gill-side-up; set aside.
• Brown sausage in 10-inch nonstick skillet; drain, if desired. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes or until tender; cool slightly.
• Combine sausage mixture, 1/2 cup Sauce, bread, 3 tablespoons cheese and pine nuts in medium bowl. Evenly spoon sausage mixture onto prepared mushrooms, then sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 15 minutes or until mushrooms are tender.
• Meanwhile, bring spinach and 1/4 cup water to a boil in 5-quart saucepot over high heat. Reduce heat to low and cook covered, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes or until spinach is wilted. Season, if desired, with salt and black pepper. Evenly arrange spinach on plates with slotted spoon, then top with mushrooms. Serve with remaining Sauce, heated.
• TIP: For VEGETARIAN STUFFED MUSHROOMS, omit sausage and cook chopped mushroom stems with onion.
• GREAT VARIATION: To make APPETIZER STUFFED MUSHROOMS, prepare filling as above and stuff into white mushroom caps. Bake 10 minutes or until tender.

GORGONZOLA STUFFED EGGPLANT ROLLS WITH MUSHROOM TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Sweat onions over medium heat in a skillet for 5 minutes, then add garlic and continue cooking for another 3 minutes. Then, add mushrooms.
• Saute together for 3 to 4 minutes and then add canned, crushed tomatoes, basil, oregano, salt and pepper. Stir together and let it simmer on medium, low heat.
• While sauce is simmering, combine artichokes, spinach, gorgonzola, and mozzarella cheese in a sauce pan over medium, low heat. Add salt and pepper and stir until cheese in melted and all the ingrediants are combined.
• Take the eggplant and cut off both ends and discard. Cut the eggplant lengthwise into 1/4 inch slices.
• Salt and pepper the strips of eggplant and spoon the cheese mixture onto one end of the eggplant. Roll the mixture up in the eggplant and secure with toothpicks.
• Repeat with the rest of the rolls.
• Spoon some of the sauce into the bottom of a baking dish. Place the eggplant rolls in the dish and cover with remaining sauce.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes or until eggplant in tender. During the last 5 minutes of baking sprinkle parmesan cheese on top. Add chopped basil for garnish when done.

PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS STUFFED WITH EGGPLANT AND GORGONZOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Arrange mushrooms, rounded side down, on large baking sheet. Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Add eggplant, sun-dried tomatoes and garlic. Sauté until eggplant is soft, about 8 minutes. Stir in red wine and simmer until liquid evaporates, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat; stir in Gorgonzola cheese and 1 tablespoon basil. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon mixture evenly into mushroom caps. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover mushrooms with aluminum foil. Bake mushrooms for 15 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until cheese melts, filling bubbles and mushrooms are tender when pierced with sharp knife, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle mushrooms with remaining 1 tablespoon basil and serve warm.

GORGONZOLA STUFFED GRILLED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Use side burners or preheat grill. Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium high heat. Add onions and garlic and cook until soft. Add mushroom stems and cook until golden brown. Remove from heat and add bread crumbs, parsley, hot pepper sauce and cheese. Mix until well combined (if mixture looks too dry, add more olive oil.) Season the mixture with salt and pepper to taste. Fill the mushroom caps with the mixture and brush the entire mushroom with more olive oil. Grill over medium heat until tender.

MUSHROOM-GORGONZOLA CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook 1 pound sliced assorted mushrooms in 2 tablespoons olive oil in a pot over medium-high heat, stirring, until browned and tender, about 7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add 3 minced garlic cloves and cook, stirring, until softened, 30 seconds. Add 1 cup heavy cream; bring to a simmer and cook until thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Toss with 12 ounces cooked fettucine, adding up to 1/4 cup pasta-cooking water to loosen the sauce. Off the heat, stir in 2 ounces crumbled gorgonzola until creamy; season with salt and pepper.

STUFFED EGGPLANT PARMESAN ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with butter.
• Slice eggplant into 1/4-inch thick slices lengthwise; discard the end slices with skin. Lay the eggplant slices on paper towels and sprinkle both sides generously with sea salt. Let slices drain for 30 minutes; rinse and pat dry with paper towels.
• Place flour, eggs, and bread crumbs in separate shallow bowls. Dip each eggplant slice in flour and shake off excess; dip into egg and then into bread crumbs.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat and fry the slices until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels, place on baking sheets, and refrigerate eggplant for 10 minutes.
• Mix ricotta cheese, Romano cheese, and garlic in a bowl; season to taste with salt and black pepper. Place a cooled eggplant slice onto a work surface and mound 1/3 to 1/2 cup of cheese mixture in the center; roll up slice and place seam side down into the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining slices and cheese filling.
• Bake rolls in the preheated oven until filling is hot, about 25 minutes.

BAKED EGGPLANT WITH MUSHROOM-TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Salt eggplant slices and place in colander on top of a plate. After 30 minutes, rinse eggplant thoroughly and pat down with paper towels.
• Preheat broiler.
• Arrange the eggplant slices on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray; broil 3-4 minutes on each side or until lightly browned.
• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat; add onion and next 6 ingredients (onion through mushrooms). Cover and cook 7 minutes or until tender, stirring mixture occasionally. Increase heat to medium-high; uncover and cook for 2-4 minutes or until liquid evaporates.
• Spread half of mushroom mixture in bottom of a 1 1/2-quart round baking dish coated with cooking spray. Arrange half of eggplant slices over mushroom mixture; sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Top with 1/2 cup tomato sauce and 1/3 cup mozzarella. Spread remaining mushroom mixture over mozzarella; top with remaining eggplant slices. Sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon pepper; top with remaining tomato sauce. Cover and bake at 375° for 1 hour. Sprinkle with 1/3 cup mozzarella and Parmesan. Bake, uncovered, 5 minutes or until cheese melts. Let stand 10 minutes.

GORGONZOLA STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Cook onion and garlic in olive oil in saucepan until soft.
• Chop mushroom stems& add to saucepan, cooking until golden.
• Remove from heat and add rest of ingredients.
• Fill the mushroom caps and brush all over with olive oil.
• To cook either bake at 350 F for about 30 minutes until browned (I raised temperature to 375 for the last 10 minutes) or grill over medium heat until soft and tender.

GORGONZOLA- AND HAZELNUT-STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°. Remove stems from mushroom caps; reserve caps. Finely chop enough stems to measure about 1/2 cup. Discard remaining stems.
• Mix chopped mushroom stems and remaining ingredients in small bowl until well blended. Spoon into mushroom caps, mounding slightly. Place in ungreased jelly roll pan, 15 1/2x10 1/2x1 inch.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Serve warm.

EGGPLANT ROLLS W/ TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook onion, mushrooms and garlic until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add bulgur and sun-dried tomatoes and stir until coated.
• Add stock and bring to a boil then reduce heat and let simmer covered for 20 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed. Transfer to bowl and set aside.
• Preheat skillet to medium heat and add oil.
• Peel 2 inch wide strips of skin from opposite sides of eggplants and discard.
• Cut each eggplant lengthwise into 6 slices about 1/4 inch thick. Brush both sides with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill slices in oiled skillet turning once until golden and tender about 10 minutes. Transfer to tray and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Stir goat cheese into bulgur mixture.
• Lay slice of eggplant on work surface and spread with 1/4 cup bulgur mixture starting at narrow end, roll up. Place seam side down on cooking tray and then repeat with remaining eggplant.
• Pour tomato sauce into a 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Place eggplant rolls on top seam side down. Cover dish with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes or until sauce is bubbling.
• Garnish with chopped basil.