Roast Eggplant & Squash Fusilli
Roast Eggplant & Squash Fusilli

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, roast eggplant & squash fusilli. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Roast Eggplant & Squash Fusilli is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Roast Eggplant & Squash Fusilli is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To avoid this, be mindful of spacing the eggplant in a single layer with room around. Roasting eggplant brings out a whole new dimension to this versatile kitchen staple. In this post I will walk through the best methods for roasting a whole eggplant on a gas range, grill, or in the oven.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have roast eggplant & squash fusilli using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Roast Eggplant & Squash Fusilli:
  1. Take 1 eggplant
  2. Make ready 1 summer squash, medium size (get crazy)
  3. Make ready 12 oz box brown rice fusilli pasta
  4. Make ready 2 clove garlic
  5. Make ready 1 small white onion
  6. Get 1 jar portabella mushroom pasta sauce
  7. Get 3 tbsp basil
  8. Get 2 tbsp ground black pepper
  9. Make ready 1 tbsp lemon pepper
  10. Prepare 1 tbsp himalayan pink salt
  11. Make ready 1/4 cup olive oil, extra virgin
  12. Make ready 1/4 cup water

Fine Cooking expert Nicki Sizemore shows. This Roasted Eggplant Recipe makes a delicious side dish and is perfect in other recipes like my Eggplant Lasagna! Freezer friendly and great for meal prep! There is a continued debate on whether the salting step is necessary.

Steps to make Roast Eggplant & Squash Fusilli:
  1. Put your pasta sauce in a medium saucepan, on low heat. This is to slow cook the sauce while we prepare the squash/eggplant.
  2. Preheat oven to 420°F.
  3. Chop eggplant and medium sized summer squash, combine in bowl. Add olive oil and spices.
  4. Chop onions, mince garlic, combine with above mixture.
  5. Add mixture to cooking pan with 1/4 cup water. Cook and cover for 5 minutes on medium to low heat, then cook for 10 additional minutes stirring occasionally. You want to get your eggplant and squash a little tender and cook in the garlic.
  6. This is a good time to start boiling a pot of water for your pasta. Add a pinch of salt for taste and to expedite boiling (yay science!)
  7. Transfer squash/eggplant mixture to a baking sheet. Spread evenly and place in now preheated oven.
  8. Let this bake for approximately 20 minutes, or until squash and eggplant are tender and a little crispy around the edges. Stir if you notice anything sticking.
  9. In the mean time, follow package directions to cook your pasta. Strain and transfer to bowl, and add a light coating of olive oil to cooked pasta.
  10. Transfer roasted squash/eggplant to a new dish as well, as it should be cooked by now.
  11. By now, your pasta sauce should have been simmering for almost 30 to 40 minutes. Yum. Remove from heat and prepare your selections. I cooked up some red potato's in the mean time which were initially made as a side dish but became a delicious addition to this hearty Autumn recipe.
  12. To serve, scoop pasta on to your plate first, top with squash and eggplant roast.
  13. Top with portabella pasta sauce and freshly grated gouda cheese. Enjoy.

We discussed this earlier when I posted this eggplant Parmesan recipe, but it bears a. Eggplant can be roasted whole or in slices, like zucchini; toss slices on a baking sheet with olive oil, salt, and pepper before roasting. The flesh can be used in recipes such as baba ghanoush and. Roasting eggplant does take some time (about an hour), so I had plenty of time to make my own meat sauce. If you want to make this recipe even easier, you can always sub the homemade meat sauce.

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