Name: Aubergines Purée With Blistered Tomatoes and Basil
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 Italian aubergines ( the large dark ones); 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 palmful cherry tomatoes; 4 garlic cloves thick sliced; 1 palmful coarsely chopped fresh basil

Prep and cook time 15 minutes

If you happen to be an aubergine lover, you have to try this 15 minute recipe. It is a Jamie Oliver inspired dish, creamy puréed aubergine with blistered cherry tomatoes and a little garlic, bound together by a generous handful of shredded fresh basil.

To die for and robust enough to pair with grilled meat.

Aubergines Purée With Blistered Tomatoes and Basil

Derek Farwagi

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Mediterranean

Calories

Ingredients

1 Italian aubergines ( the large dark ones)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 palmful cherry tomatoes
4 garlic cloves thick sliced
1 palmful coarsely chopped fresh basil

Instructions

Put washed aubergine in a glass bowl or small glass baking tray and pierce skin all around.
Microwave on full power for 10 minutes.
While the aubergines is cooking, warm the oil in a small saucepan and add garlic slices. Cook for a minute and then add the cherry tomatoes. Cook for a further two minutes till they blister and remove form heat.
When the aubergine is cooked, remove the stem, place it on a chopping board and rough chop it, skin and all.
Put aubergines in a serving bowl, add the blistered tomatoes and garlic oil and mix ingredients.
Salt to taste.
Add a palmful of coarsely chopped fresh basil, mix and serve.

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Keyword aubergines, mediterranean

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