Eggplant Sammie
Your new favorite sandwich. I know I say that all the time but any sandwich I make is my favorite, duh. I’m not huge on sammies in the traditional sense. Meat and cheese and bread do not do it for me. So, of course, I have to go out of the way to find a way to make them GOOD. Because everything that includes bread is supposed to be good, right? This sandwich has breaded eggplant, roasted tomatoes, herbed ricotta, balsamic vinny…all of the very best things. I hope this makes it into your packed (or working from home) lunch sometime soon!
Eggplant Sammie
A sandwich with breaded eggplant, roasted tomatoes, herbed ricotta, and balsamic glaze. I'm taking no further questions.
Ingredients
Eggplant
- 1 eggplant
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup seasoned breadcrumbs preferably Italian seasoned!
- canola oil for cooking
Herbed Ricotta
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1 garlic clove minced
- ¼ t basil
- ¼ t parsley
- ¼ t pepper
- ¼ t oregano
- ⅛ t salt
Tomatoes
- 1-2 tomatoes sliced
- 1-2 T olive oil
- salt and pepper
Other
- bread
- balsamic glaze you can make your own but store bought is fine!
- spinach or arugula optional
Instructions
Eggplant
- Peel the skin off of the eggplant.
- Slice them into circles.
- In one bowl, crack the eggs and whisk them. In another bowl, add the bread crumbs.
- Bread the eggplant circles by dipping them into the eggs and then into the bread crumbs.
- Heat the canola oil in a pan over low/medium heat. Add the eggplant and cook for 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
- Set them aside on a plate lined with paper towel.
Herbed Ricotta
- Add all of the herbed ricotta ingredients to a bowl and combine.
Roasted Tomatoes
- Preheat the oven to 400° F.
- Line a baking sheet with the sliced tomatoes. I don't line my baking sheet with anything like parchment paper, a Silpat, etc. but you're more than welcome to!
- Drizzle the tomatoes with the olive oil and season them with salt and pepper.
- Bake them for 5-10 minutes or until they're a little golden and roasted. This will depend on how thin you cut them!
Assembly
- You can toast your bread beforehand if you'd like! I prefer it non-toasted but that's my bad opinion.
- Spread a layer of the herbed ricotta on the bottom slice of bread.
- Layer the eggplant and roasted tomatoes on top.
- Drizzle with balsamic glaze.
- Mangia!
