Warm boot recommendations please

[Cookie]

I briefly described this in the Healthy lunches for work thread but thought it deserved a proper write-up!

 

Roast aubergine pate

 

1 aubergine

1 small onion

1 small glass of red wine

salt

olive oil

 

Cut the aubergine in half lengthways, score the cut side deeply with a knife then brush lightly with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Put the aubergine cut-side down on a baking sheet and bake at Gas 6 for 50 to 60 minutes.

 

S"Ooops, word censored!"e out the roast flesh from the aubergine and put into a food processor or mouli. Discard skins.

 

Meanwhile, peel and thinly slice the onion and fry gently in a little olive oil until soft. Tip in the glass of red wine, turn up the heat and bubble madly for 5 minutes until well reduced.

 

Tip onion mixture into food processor with the aubergine and blitz the whole lot until smooth.

 

Serve with toasted pitta or sliced raw veg. Delicious!

Edited May 9, 2006 by Guest

[Chicken on a mission]

I don't do aubergine except in ratatouille (is that right?) so i'll try this one next time I get one in my veg box

[Cookie]

I know what you mean Thalia . I get loads of aubergines in my veg box in the summer, and I love them, but don't have that many recipes for them. This recipe is a new discovery for me and definitely one I'll be repeating .

 

Its from a book called From Anna's Kitchen by Anna Thomas. A great book full of funky modern vegetarian recipes.

 

Here is the link to it on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140469613/qid=1147187459/sr=1-18/ref=sr_1_2_18/203-8002040-7498323

 

Love,

Cookie. xx

[Chicken on a mission]

Thaqnks cookie

 

Have you got anymore aubergine recipies. Preferably ones where you can't see what it is as my hubby isn't keen on them.

 

As I said before I do a ratatouile and I also stick it in my bolognaise sauce but apart from that I'm stuck

[Cookie]

I do a really tasty moussaka (lamb mince, onion and fresh mint fried in olive oil, stir in tin of toms then put in casserole dish, put a layer of baked aubergine slices on top, then tub of greek yogurt whisked with 2 eggs poured over the top. Baked in medium oven until brown on top. Sorry - at work so don't have exact temperatures or times!)

 

And I make ratatouille and add to bolognese, like you.

 

But that is my entire aubergine repertoire!!

 

With my moussaka recipe you definitely know the aubergine is there because its in slices as a middle layer, but you could smuggle it in maybe by dicing it and frying with the mince part.

 

Does anyone else have any aubergine recipes??!

 

Love,

Cookie. xx