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Eggplant Croquettes

[heart_this] · Oct 11, 2007 · 14 Comments

Eggplant Croquettes with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

I was going through my photos and I found these photos of eggplant croquettes that I did not get around to posting when I made them a few weeks ago. Fresh local eggplants were still at the farmers market and I was looking for recipes to use them in. In particular I had been looking for a recipe for eggplant fritters as I had recently enjoyed corn fritters and zucchini fritters. I came across this tasty looking post on eggplant croquettes. They turned out pretty good though I had to handle them carefully when frying them as they wanted to come apart. I topped the some of the eggplant croquettes with a simple roasted red pepper sauce and some with marinara sauce that I had in my freezer.

Eggplant Croquettes with Marinara Sauce
The roasted red pepper sauce was just a roasted red pepper, a clove of garlic, some parsley, salt and pepper processed in a food processor.

Eggplant Croquettes

Eggplant Croquettes

Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Servings: 3
ingredients
  • 1 medium eggplant (sliced into 1/4 inch thick slices)
  • 1/4 cup bread crumbs
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/4 cup parmigiano reggiano
  • 1 tablespoon parsley (chopped)
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 egg (slightly beaten)
  • 1 cup bread crumbs
  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • marinara sauce to taste
  • roasted red pepper sauce to taste
directions
  1. Broil the eggplant until golden brown on both sides, about 7 minutes per side.
  2. Let it cool and remove the skin.
  3. Place the eggplant, bread crumbs, garlic, parmigiano reggiano, parsley, salt and pepper in a food processor and process.
  4. Grab a small handful of the mixture and form a patty.
  5. Dip the patty into the egg and then in the bread crumbs to coat.
  6. Heat the oil in a pan.
  7. Fry the patty until golden brown on both sides, about 1-3 minutes per side.
  8. Repeat step 4 through 7 until you have used up all of the mixture.
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Comments

  1. Dolores says

    October 11, 2007 at 4:50 am

    Your timing is impeccable! I’ve got three eggplants in this morning’s CSA box and was blog surfing looking for inspiration…

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  2. Peter M says

    October 11, 2007 at 7:22 am

    I never thought to make croquettes out of eggplant…they look great. perhaps refrigerating them (like crab cakes) would help hold them?

    Reply
  3. PROUD ITALIAN COOK says

    October 11, 2007 at 1:37 pm

    This looks mighty good!! Love eggplant! Have to give this a try!!
    Nice picture!

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  4. Deborah says

    October 11, 2007 at 1:48 pm

    These look very tasty! And the presentation is wonderful as well.

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  5. Holler says

    October 11, 2007 at 2:48 pm

    Those look tasty and love the plate! I am a sucker for plates, unfortunately I have no room to store any more!

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  6. Anonymous says

    October 11, 2007 at 4:50 pm

    Looks yum 🙂

    Reply
  7. tigerfish says

    October 11, 2007 at 5:31 pm

    I like croquettes but not really a fan of eggplant.

    Reply
  8. sher says

    October 11, 2007 at 7:21 pm

    Oh my goodness Kevin!!! I must make that. Eggplant lovers always appreciate finding a marvelous looking recipe. This looks like a keeper. Lovely pictures.

    Reply
  9. Lana says

    October 13, 2007 at 12:06 am

    i absolutely LOVE your foodblog…such beautiful and creative presentation and recipes…and a great camera! if you came from “boring” meals, as you say…you sure did pull a 180! everything looks fabulous…i’m definitely adding this to my blog’s links!

    Reply
  10. Sheba says

    November 22, 2010 at 6:36 pm

    Egg plant croquettes! I was just wondering what to do with all these egg plants. Thanks

    Reply
  11. [email protected] says

    December 20, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    wow – those look amazing. I love anything eggplant

    Reply
  12. Allie says

    August 24, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    How many did this yield?

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  13. Kevin says

    August 29, 2011 at 11:30 pm

    Allie: This will make enough for 4 light appetizer servings or 2 light meal sized servings.

    Reply
  14. Megan says

    September 13, 2018 at 8:58 pm

    This was amazing! Made as directed and doubled. Fantastic dish! Saving for weekly meal – thank you!

    Reply

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