It’s no secret that I LOVE a good bargain, last week I picked up Aubergines for 10p, yes you read that right. I’d been saving them and ruminating in my mind about what I should do with them and then got inspired by a chef friend. So here is my aubergine bake.
Ingredients (serves 4):
2 aubergines
1.5 tins chopped tomatoes
3 cloves garlic
1 onion
1 stock cube
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 tsp sugar
Dried mixed herbs
Mozerella
Recipe:
- Slice aubergines lengthways into long slices. Drizzle with a little oil and then cook on a griddle pan or under the grill for a few minutes on each side.
- Whilst the aubergines cook, put the tins of chopped tomatoes into a pan with garlic, chopped onion, dried mixed herbs, stock cube (gluten free if required), tomato puree, sugar and plenty of black pepper.
- Bring to the boil and simmer the sauce for 15 minutes so it reduces and thickens.
- Spread a layer of aubergine in an ovenprood dish, top with the sauce and then repeat the layers – a bit like a lasagne.
- Finally top with mozzerella.
- Bake for 30 minutes at Gas Mark 5.
- Serve with pasta and a green salad. YUM.
What’s your favourite Aubergine recipe? Please let me know, I’m an aubergine addict!




16 November, 2012 at 11:03
Hi Priya,
I tried to cook aubergines twice and they were “squeaky” and wet. What did I do wrong? I would love to try this with mince substitute to lasagne it up!! Did you know that if you mix a teaspoon of cornflour in water and add to fat free fromage frais/ yoghurt you can make an amazing lasagne sauce?
Rose
16 November, 2012 at 15:02
Hiya, I’d say you probably hadn’t cooked them for long enough, they take more cooking than you would expect. This would be lovely with mince….yum. I sometimes do a similar sauce with half fat creme fraiche (it’s my lazy version of a white sauce), I bet quark could work well too. This was almost a lasagne itself, but I didn’t have time to make the fresh pasta sheets.
Oooo I’ve run out of aubergines and now I want to cook more!