{"id":4370,"date":"2023-08-30T23:42:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T23:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/?p=4370"},"modified":"2024-05-27T20:40:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T20:40:53","slug":"eggplant-meatballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/eggplant-meatballs\/","title":{"rendered":"Eggplant Meatballs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photo by Stephanie Knewasser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From the kitchen of Larry Galbraith<\/h4>\n\n\n

In a bowl, mix together:<\/p>\n

2 large eggplants, cut into 1\/2″ cubes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

2 tsp salt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1\/4 c olive oil<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Spread in a pan, roast @ 425 until brown & tender, about 30 minutes, flipping half way through.<\/p>\n

While warm, move to a bowl, mash.<\/p>\n

Add:<\/p>\n

2 cloves garlic, minced<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1 egg<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1 c bread crumbs<\/strong><\/em>, soaked in 3\/4 c milk<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/2 c grated peconio cheese<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1\/4 c basil leaves, chopped<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1\/4 c parsley leaves, chopped<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

salt & pepper<\/strong><\/em>, to taste<\/p>\n

Roll into balls.<\/p>\n

Set aside.<\/p>\n

Pour 2 c breadcrumbs<\/strong><\/em> in a bowl.<\/p>\n

Roll eggplant balls in breadcrumbs, coating completely.<\/p>\n

Fry in vegetable oil<\/strong><\/em>, turning as needed, until golden brown.<\/p>\n

Place fried balls on a paper towel lined plate.<\/p>\n

They are a great side to pasta.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\n

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Larry Galbraith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,6,27],"tags":[124,847,573,67,106],"class_list":["post-4370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meatless","category-sides","category-veggie","tag-eggplant","tag-larry-galbraith","tag-meatball","tag-meatless","tag-recipe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}