Rollatini

Rollatini, also spelled rolatini or rolletini and related to the Italian involtini, is an Italian-American dish usually made from thin slices of eggplant. The slices are dusted in wheat flour or lightly breaded, covered with ricotta and often other cheeses and seasonings, then rolled up and baked. Veal, chicken or fish may be used in place of the eggplant. The source is careful to say that rollatini is not an actual Italian word or dish: it is an Italian-American food based on the Italian involtini, such as involtini di melanzane, and the form rollatini di melanzane is described as faux Italian. The entry therefore treats it as an Italian-American creation.