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What to Make: Baked Aubergines with Pesto Sauce


By Meg Walker
17th Jul 2017
What to Make: Baked Aubergines with Pesto Sauce

Baked Aubergines with Pesto Sauce

If you can find them, use the little Asian aubergines to make this dish – they look very pretty and have a more interesting texture than the large ones. When buying herbs, try going to independent stores or market stalls where they are sold like bunches of flowers – I find these herbs taste better and are much better value.

Serves 4

Ingredients
300g small aubergines
4 tbsp olive oil

For the pesto
a large bunch of basil
75g pan-toasted pine nuts
1 garlic clove
75g freshly grated Parmesan cheese
6-8 tbsp olive oil
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Equipment
a baking sheet, lightly oiled

Method
Cut the aubergines in half lengthways and put on the baking sheet. Drizzle with a little of the olive oil and cook in a preheated oven at 190?C/gas mark 5 for about 15-20 minutes, then turn them over and cook for a further 15 minutes.

To make the pesto, put the basil, pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan, the remaining olive oil and seasoning in a blender and pur?e until smooth. When the aubergines are cooked, drizzle with pesto and serve hot or cold.

Top tip: Make twice the quantity of pesto and store the extra in the fridge – it always comes in handy as an easy salad dressing or tossed through pasta for a quick, delicious supper. Keep the pesto covered with a thin film of olive oil and it will stay fresh for several weeks.

Extracted from Eat, Drink Live by Fran Warde (Ryland Peters & Small, approx €17).