Delia’s Italian Stuffed Aubergines |
This summer I did a lot of cooking with aubergines as they are Turkey’s best-loved summer vegetable. However,there is a big difference between the Turkish way and the more western way. I love the Turkish recipes, I really do, but I am also very open to other ways of preparing them especially if the recipe is Delia’s! Her recipes and cookbooks are great.
slicing, arranging, brushing with oil |
squeezing the seeds out of the tomatoes |
Now heat 1 tbsp of oil in a large solid frying pan and fry the onion, chopped aubergine and garlic for about 5 mins. Then add the chopped tomatoes, torn basil leaves and sun-dried tomato paste and continue to cook for about another 5 mins. Give everything a good seasoning and add the chopped anchovies and capers. Then remove the pan from the heat and let the mixture cool slightly.
preparing the tomato stuffing for the aubergine slices |
Now chop the Mozzarella into very small dice. As you can see in the picture, I didn’t do that as I thought using grated cheese would make them easier to roll up. As soon as the aubergines are cool enough to handle, sprinkle each with chopped/grated Mozzarella, placing it all along the centre of each slice. On top of that put an equal amount of stuffing ingredients, leaving a border all round to allow for expansion. Roll up the slices and put them in a lightly-oiled baking dish, making sure the overlapping ends are tucked underneath.
here are 2 rows of the stuffed aubergines |
If you want to see my other aubergine recipes, just type ‘aubergines’ in the Search Recipes box on the right of the post and they should all be there!
wow…these look sooooo good!
A great, new way to cook patlican! I'll add it to my list of 100 uses. =) Also, reminds me of an eggplant dish that my husband's grandmother makes – an Italian recipe that's been handed down to her.
Aww, Delia is such an institution in the UK. Even people who have no interest in cooking know and love her. This recipe looks great. Odd that's it in her winter collection because all the ingredients seem so sunny and Mediterranean. They look lovely! 🙂
Yes for us who are used to the Turkish patlican recipes, this one is very different! Not really stuffed but rolled actually…
Love it.penning down the stuffing and will make it for sure;)) Thanks;)
These look good. And I love that they have anchovies in them. I love anchovies! Capers too 🙂
They sound utterly delicious Claudia!!
I love aubergines!They seem really yummy!xxx