I’m yet to find a way that eggplant doesn’t impress me. It is such a wonderfully ‘meaty’ vegetable without the meat component, of course. For me this makes it a wholesome vegetarian starter particularly when teamed with the scrumptious flavours of tomato, basil and pistachios and the creaminess of ricotta.
Serves: 4 as starter
GF, VG
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Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 large eggplant, sliced into eighths
- 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large vine-ripened tomato, diced
- ¼ cup Sicilian green olives
- 2 tbsp finely sliced basil
- 2 tbsp shelled, chopped pistachios
Method
- Heat oven to 200°C and line a large baking tray with greaseproof paper.
- Place eggplant on tray and drizzle with olive oil, then bake in oven for 45 mins.
- Spread ricotta over a serving platter (or in separate bowls as desired), arrange tomato, olives and eggplant over the top, sprinkle with basil and pistachios, season with sea salt and black pepper and serve.
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