So everyone loves sushi right?? Well, vegetarians, not so much. . . But I have solved that! I used all my favorite vegetables to create Italian Vegetable Sushi! I even serve it with my Italian version of soy sauce, which is not a soy sauce at all. It's so easy and so healthy and your guests will have never seen anything like it!
Leslie's Vegetarian Italian Sushi
What you'll need:
1 eggplant, sliced very thinly lengthwise, grilled and patted dry
1 red bell pepper, roasted, de-seeded, quartered and patted dry
2 handfuls of fresh spinach
3-4 fresh basil leaves
a couple pinched parmesan cheese
1/2 cup to 3/4 cup ricotta cheese, drained (click here for my homemade recipe)
For the dipping sauce:
1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
2 Tbsp. olive oil
a pinch of salt
a pinch of sugar
What you'll do:
After prepping the eggplant and pepper make sure you pat them dry. It's very important or they won't stick together properly. Lay a sheet of plastic wrap on the counter. Place your grilled cooled eggplant in a long row:
Make sure you lay your eggplant wide enough, it's better to be too wide.
Arrange the spinach and basil over the eggplant:
Next, place the peppers and the parmesan:
When placing the ricotta, do one line right down the middle:
Now for the wrapping. Lift the bottom and fold it upwards and use your fingers to form the round tube:
Careful, not to let any of the cheese fall to the outside.
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After you've got your tightly wrapped tube, refrigerate for at least an hour. This can be done a day ahead. When ready, carefully remove the plastic wrap and slice in 1 1/2 slices.
For the dipping sauce, simply whisk the ingredients together!
You can serve these however you like, but I love the idea of serving then like sushi with chopsticks and the sauce in a soy sauce bowl.
Enjoy!
What a wonderful idea!
look like great..
Adorable! I love this Italian take on sushi
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oh my god! you are so clever!
Fantastic!
What a great idea! This sounds awesome!
Your blog is so cute
There definitely is vegetarian sushi! But this looks cute too!
This looks super delish!!!
Brilliant idea and beautiful execution. I bet that tastes really delicious.
Using eggplant as a sking is so unique. Fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
What an amazingly original idea! And it seems really delicious as well! I’ll try to make it soon.
You many want to remind your readers to sprinkle salt on the eggplant slices for 30 minutes prior to using in this recipe. As you know, salting eggplant removes the bitter taste.
I don’t comment much, but I just love reading your recipes!
so yummy…I like to make it!!
Genius! I’ll be trying this one out soon.
Do you peel the eggplant or not. I can’t tell from the picture
Rosalie, I leave the skin on : )