This is easily one of my favourite sides add to any meal. It’s especially popular at dinner parties. My family love it!
Ingredients
- 3 medium size eggplants
- Himalayan salt
- cracked pepper
- 6 ripe tomatoes
- handful of basil
- 1 tbsp chilli flakes
- olive oil
- grated parmesan or goats cheese (optional)
Method
- Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius.
- Cut the 3 medium size eggplant in half, and flavour with Himalayan salt, then leave for 1 hour. Wash off salt carefully and dry, cut them lengthways in half again, and score into squares with a knife.
- Chop 6 ripe tomatoes and a handful of basil, and mix together with a tbsp of chilli flakes, keep aside.
- Coat the eggplants generously with extra virgin olive oil and then flavour with Himalayan salt and cracked pepper. Bake the eggplants for 45 minutes.
- Take out of the oven and spread generously with the tomato and basil puree. Bake again for 15 minutes until golden brown.
- Serve with sprinkled basil and an option of grated parmesan or goats cheese.