
Baked eggplants (Melitzanes fournou)
Serves / Yields: 4 persons
INGREDIENTS
- 1/4 kg chopped onions
- 1/2 kg fresh tomatoes or 2 tins of canned tomatoes
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 kg round eggplants
- salt
- pepper
- olive oil
METHODSautee the onions in a frying pan. Peel, chop and mash the fresh tomatoes (use 2 tins of preserved chopped tomatoes instead). Mash the garlic cloves in a mortar or with your fork. Mix the tomato paste with the garlic. Wash the eggplants. Slice them horizontally in slices of 1 1/2 cm width. Butter an orthogonal pan and place the eggplant slices. Boil the tomato paste with the onions for a while. Then, pour the tomato mixture on top of the eggplant slices. Preheat the oven in 200 degrees C and bake for 45 minutes.
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