07/29/2019Pasta - Main courses

Vegan Eggplant Meatballs

Vegan Eggplant Meatballs
For: 4 serv.Difficulty: MediumPreparation: 35 minCooking: 1h00

It's eggplant season, yeah! (even in Quebec... yes, yes). So, the other day at work, I felt like roasting them to shred them, and then making them into balls. To give it some consistency, I added a little quinoa, nuts, and oat flakes. For taste, a bit of flat-leaf parsley, cumin, and grilled onions :)

We served it over spaghetti with a bell pepper sauce; it was really good and tasted like summer in Italy.

Servings

4

Cups

  • -eggplants 4
  • -quinoa 100 (g)
  • -onion 2
  • -walnuts 200 (g)
  • -oat flakes 100 (g)
  • -flat-leaf parsley 3 (branches)
  • -olive oil 4 (tbsp)
  • -salt
  • -pepper
  • -cumin 0.5 (tsp)

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  • Preheat the oven to 392°F.
  • Trim the ends of the eggplants and cut them in half lengthwise. Place them on a baking sheet with parchment paper, flesh side up. Score the flesh with the tip of a knife. Drizzle a little olive oil over all the eggplant halves. Season with salt and pepper. Bake for 45 minutes.
  • Peel and thinly slice the onions. In a frying pan, heat a spoonful of olive oil and sauté the onions until they are nicely browned.
  • Mix the nuts and oat flakes together with a pinch of salt and cumin to obtain a powder.
  • Cook the quinoa in water. Drain well. Chop the parsley.
  • Retrieve the flesh of the eggplants by shredding it with a fork. Pass all the remaining skins through a blender.
  • In a mixing bowl, combine the shredded eggplant flesh, the blended skin, the crushed walnuts and oat flakes, the grilled onions, the parsley, and the quinoa.
  • Mix by hand and then shape into meatballs (I make about 20, 5 per person). Place them on a baking sheet with parchment paper and bake for 12 minutes.
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