The recipe for eggplant meatballs in sauce is one of the many easy and equally tasty preparations you will find on my blog. Ideal for both adults and children, economical, and to be served as a second course; if you like meatballs, you should also try the mushroom meatballs and ricotta meatballs with tomato. The eggplant meatballs in sauce are prepared with eggplants, eggs, and breadcrumbs, then they are cooked braised, in tomato sauce, with a fantastic result! Tender and full of flavor, try them as soon as possible!

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Difficulty: Easy
Cost: Economical
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 4
Cooking methods: Stovetop
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Spring, Summer, and Fall

151.44 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 151.44 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 15.06 (g) of which sugars 3.15 (g)
Proteins 6.07 (g)
Fat 8.32 (g) of which saturated 2.59 (g)of which unsaturated 1.55 (g)
Fibers 3.54 (g)
Sodium 411.21 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 125 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients

10.5 oz eggplants
1 egg
1/3 cup breadcrumbs
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
to taste salt
to taste garlic powder
to taste flour
1 cup tomato sauce
1 clove garlic
to taste extra virgin olive oil

How to Make Delicious Eggplant Meatballs in Sauce

First, wash the eggplants, cut them into slices and then into cubes, all of the same size.
Pour into a pan with a drizzle of oil, salt them and cook for at least 10 minutes with the lid on.
Remove the eggplants from the heat, transfer them to a bowl, and let them cool.
In the meantime, in a pan, brown the garlic with a drizzle of oil.
Add the tomato sauce, salt, and basil.
Add the rest of the ingredients to the eggplants: bread, garlic, Parmesan, egg, and a good pinch of salt. Mix all the ingredients with a spoon until you get a homogeneous mixture.
Take some dough and with slightly moist hands, form the eggplant meatballs. “Approximately 1 oz each meatball.” Coat them in flour.
Then dip them in the sauce and cook for about 7-8 minutes.
Turn the eggplant meatballs in sauce over and continue cooking, uncovered, for 5 minutes.