A delicious vegetarian 20 minute pasta recipe, perfect for a light summery meal! Eggplant and feta cheese in tomato based sauce full of mediterannean flavours.
Ingredients
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2 (250g/ 9 ounces) medium sized eggplants (elongated, oval-shaped)
Preheat the oven at 250C. Chop the eggplants into cubes and place on a baking tray. Drizzle with some olive oil and bake for 15 minutes.
In the meantime, roughly chop the onions and the tomatoes. Place a large saucepan at medium-high heat, add 5 tbsps of olive oil and sauté the onions and the garlic, for 3 minutes, until soft. As soon as the onions are lightly colored, add 1 tsp of sugar and caramelize. Add the tomato paste and stir well. Turn the heat up and add the chopped tomatoes; cook for 5-6 minutes, with the lid on. At the end, remove the whole clove of garlic, add the baked eggplants and the herbs and season well with salt and pepper.
In the meantime, boil the pasta, according to package instructions. Without draining the pasta, remove the pasta from the water, using a large fork and add them into the tomato sauce. Sprinkle the crumbled feta cheese and stir well. Serve on a big platter, drizzle with some extra virgin olive oil and top with some crumbled feta.
You do not mention ‘tomato puree’ or the amount of tomato puree in your ingredients, yet you instruct me to add it in step 2. Please clarify this as I would like to make it.
Also, and I don’t know if you can help with this, but my mother (recently deceased) used to make eggplant cut up in thick slices with LOTS of onions and garlic and crushed tomatoes? and herbs and cheese, both feta and parmesan. We took this favorite dish for granted and now we do not have a recipe. By any chance, do the ingredients sound familiar where they would point to some typical greek version of eggplant that you may be aware of? I can try to fudge it, but if you have a tried and true recipe, I’ll try that first. Thank you!
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You do not mention ‘tomato puree’ or the amount of tomato puree in your ingredients, yet you instruct me to add it in step 2. Please clarify this as I would like to make it.
Also, and I don’t know if you can help with this, but my mother (recently deceased) used to make eggplant cut up in thick slices with LOTS of onions and garlic and crushed tomatoes? and herbs and cheese, both feta and parmesan. We took this favorite dish for granted and now we do not have a recipe. By any chance, do the ingredients sound familiar where they would point to some typical greek version of eggplant that you may be aware of? I can try to fudge it, but if you have a tried and true recipe, I’ll try that first. Thank you!
Eli, Σας ευχαριστώ!!!
This is absolutely delicious.
Tonight ist Tzatziki, love your recipes.
your welcome Petra! So glad you loved it!! I’m sure the Tzatziki will turn out lovely too 🙂