What to do with aubergines

Oooh , I love aubergines....yum

I've got a nice recipe somewhere for chicken with aubergines , i'll dig it out if you're interested

I once had aubergine fritters for a starter in a restaurant which were gorgeous

Char Grilled Aubergine and Roasted Tomato Salad with Feta Cheese(courtesy of St Delia!)

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/r_0000001355.asp

The River Cottage Meat book has THE BEST moussaka receipe in it - you ideally need leftover roast lamb though.

Alternatively slice the aubergines, salt them for half an hour to get rid of some water then brush them with olive oil and bake until going crispy at the edges. Then just serve as a vegetable with whatever you are eating. You could also roast the peppers at the same time, then just chop them up small before serving them, or mix them with sweetcorn (canned at this time of year).

Pal-Junior loves sweetcorn so chopping up other vegetables and hiding them in sweetcorn is a real winner - he only spits out about half of it.

Alternatively, bake the aubergine as above, and while it is in the oven, make up a quick cheese sauce (grated cheese and a bit of milk will do, although you can't go wrong with cinnamon or nutmeg), then put the baked aubergine in an overproof dish, cover in the cheese and bake until bubbling. Serve as a child friendly vegetable or even stick it between two rounds of toast for a lunchtime sandwich! Yum! (I had this in america with about a pint of cheese sauce poured over the sandwich!) I put on a lot of weight that holiday.

i hate cauliflower - yuck! Even years of being force fed it by my mother, and with the disguise of cheese sauce I still can't stand it :rolleyes:

Aubergine is yummy though - I roast it with rcubed red pepper and chunks of red onion. About 15 minutes before the end I add some tomatoes (cherry ones are best) and then eat with some pasta, or crusty bread to mop up the juices. A tip I picked up on here was to roast with a smidgen of honey mixed with balsamic vinegar - yumm.

I'm meant to be having chilli made from storecupboard ingredients tonight for dinner - but now I fancy roast veg!