2 In The Kitchen: Daniel Mancini Of Meatball Obsession's Meatball & Eggplant Sandwich
Updated May 31, 2012 at 4:30 p.m.: On Saturday, June 2, Daniel Mancini will be giving out free eggplant topping from 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. due to the increased interest after his appearance in on CBS 2.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - For today's installment, we're sampling the comforts of an Italian Sunday dinner. Daniel Mancini of Meatball Obsession in Manhattan stopped by to show us how you can grill meatballs.
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Daniel Mancini's Grilled Eggplant and Meatball Sandwich
Ingredients
- 1 eggplant cut into 1/2 inch slices
- meatballs heated and sliced
- tomato sauce
- olive oil
- ciabatta rolls or rolls of your choice
- mozzarella cheese shredded
Preparation
Heat grill to medium, brush both sides of eggplant slices with olive oil and place on grill. After 5 min check for nice grill marks and to be sure the underside of eggplant is done. Then flip eggplant and start to layer meatball slices on eggplant.
Top with sauce and shredded mozzarella cheese and close grill lid to melt cheese. This will take another 5 min. Remove eggplant from grill and place on ciabatta or the roll of your choice. You can add other topping such as romano cheese, provolone or parmesan reggiano. Keep some tomato sauce on the side to be added if needed.
