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Aubergine Parmigano

Aubergine Parmigano

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Serves: 4

This aubergine parmigiano is a comfort food best served with crusty bread and a green salad on cold days. Very easy to make -  you just layer the aubergines, mozzarella, tomato and parmesan and cook it until it all melts. A firm family favourite, children will enjoy salting and weighing down the aubergines, ripping up the basil and tearing the mozzarella. Need more aubergine recipe inspiration? Look no further. 

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Ingredients

  • 3 aubergines
  • 400g mozzarella, ripped into pieces.
  • 1 jar tomato passata
  • 80g parmesan, shaved
  • 1 bunch fresh basil
  • 2 tbsps olive oil, for cooking
  • 1 pinch ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsps salt, plus one pinch.

Recipe tips / Prepare ahead

Pre-heat the oven to 180c / gas mark 5.

Method

Step 1

Cut the aubergines into slices approximately 1.5cm thick, sprinkle them with salt, lay them on a plate and put another plate on top of them with a weight on the top to squeeze the aubergines together. This will draw out any bitterness in the aubergines. You don't get many bitter aubergines and you may be lucky, but one day you will and it will ruin your dish unless you've salted them first so it's just not worth the risk.

Step 2

Leave for 30 minutes, then rinse the salt off and dry the aubergine slices.

Step 3

Heat 1-2 tbsp of olive oil in a non-stick frying pan and fry the aubergine in batches until golden, drain on lots of kitchen roll.

Step 4

Once all the aubergine has been fried, take a big, deep casserole and layer starting with aubergine, then mozarella, passata, salt and pepper, basil and finally parmesan flakes. Continue until all the aubergine has been used. You should have 2-3 layers depending on how deep and wide your casserole is.

Step 5

Put the lid on and bake for 1 hour - the top layer of parmesan should be golden brown and the mozzarella should be melted. Aga: roasting oven, shelf on oven floor for 30 minutes then transfer to the simmering oven for 30 minutes.

Step 6

Serve with crusty bread and green salad.

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