Eggplant rolls from Paloma Restaurant, Estrella del Mar

By Chef Rafael R. Huidobro

Chef Rafael R. Huidobro, who is the head chef at Paloma Restaurant at Estrella del Mar, is our first guest to this section.  We hope you will appreciate it.  Chef Rafael gives us his recipe for a delicious appetizer called eggplant rolls.

Eggplant Rolls

Ingredients:

100 grams of eggplant

One egg

120 grams of bread crumbs

100 grams of milk

100 grams of flour

1 gram of salt

1 gram of pepper

 
Ingredients for the stuffing:

50 grams of Mozzarella cheese

30 grams of Parmesan cheese

30 grams of “panela” cheese

30 grams of canned mushrooms

30 grams of finely cut spinach

20 grams of chopped red bell pepper

Preparation

Chop up the eggplant into slices (a little thicker like ham)

Add salt and pepper

Cover the slices with flour with milk and egg

Cover with bread crumbs and Italian spicing

Fry, dry off the grease and stuff

Cover each roll with marinara sauce

 
Paloma Restaurant is located in the Clubhouse of Estrella del Mar Tourist Complex.  Capacity is 140 with option for special events outside in the garden.

Chef Huidobro has 30 years experience in food service.  He graduated from the Culinary Arts School in Houston, Texas and specializes in Italian food, which he studied at the Cordon Institute in Miami.  He also had his own restaurant in Houston called Amerigos.  For more information, visit

http://www.estrelladelmar.com