Aubergine and Tomato Bake
Ingredients
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3 tbspn olive oil |
200 gm chopped tomatoes |
1 medium aubergine |
75 gm soft cheese with garlic and herbs |
100 gm onion (prepared weight) |
1 slice bread |
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salt to taste |
Preparation
- Remove the stalk from the aubergine and cut into approx 1 cm rounds.
- Chop the onion.
- Crumb the slice of bread.
- Butter an ovenproof dish.
- Preheat a grill to high.
Cooking
- Place the aubergine slices on a grill pan, lightly brush with oil and sprinkle with salt.
- Grill until lightly browned.
- Turn the slices over, lightly oil, sprinkle with salt, and grill until lightly browned.
- When the aubergine has cooled spread ½ of the slices with the soft cheese.
- Place the remaining ½ of the aubergine slices on top of the cheese slices, sandwich style.
- Heat 1 tbspn of oil in a pan and fry the onion until soft.
- Add the chopped tomatoes,season with salt, and simmer for 5 min, adding water as needed.
- Pour ½ of the onion and tomato sauce into the ovenproof dish.
- Add the aubergine sandwiches and pour on the remaining sauce.
- Cover with the breadcrumbs, pat down, and drizzle with a little olive oil.
- Put the ovendish into a cold oven, set to 190° C and bake from cold for 25 min.
Notes
This can be prepared ahead of time and placed in an automatic oven, set as appropriate.