Aubergine Bake- Keto Recipe

I am a big fan of aubergines and I can eat them everyday if I get the chance. I like cooking with the small baby aubergines, they usually work well with Indian Inspired recipes. The large dutch variety I tend to use more for continental recipes. This aubergine bake is a delicious keto friendly (lowcarb) recipe that can be made in advance and is delicious served with a green salad.  

Yield: Serves 2Author: Nayna Kanabar

Baked Aubergines

Thin slices of aubergines grilled and layered with Napolitana sauce and finished with grated cheese and baked in the oven.

prep time: 10 minscook time: 45 minstotal time: 55 mins

ingredients:

For the Napolitana Sauce:

500 g Passata

1 clove garlic finely minced

1 red onion finely chopped

1 tablespoon Olive oil 

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1 teaspoon Italian herbs

1/2 teaspoon chilli flakes (optional)

Other Ingredients:

2 large dutch aubergines

2 tablespoons olive oil or use the light fry olive oil spray.

1 teaspoon salt

60 g grated mild Cheddar

instructions

1. Slice the aubergines longways very thinly 3 mm-5mm thick, and put them in a bowl with cold water and salt and leave to soak for few minutes.

2. Spray a deep baking tray with oil and keep aside.

3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/ 180 degrees C

4. In a saucepan, add  1 tablespoon olive oil and add the garlic and onions and saute until onions are translucent.

5. Add the passata, salt, chilli flakes, pepper and Italian serves and simmer the passata for 15 minutes on a medium head.

6. Heat a griddle pan(the one with lines)

7. Drain the aubergines and pat them dry with a tea towel.

Spray the aubergines slices with spray oil 3 at a time and cook them on the griddle for a couple of minutes on each side till the brown lines appear and aubergine slices start to cook a little.

8. Take them out of the pan and repeat process for all slices.

9. Add a layer of slices on the baking dish fand spread some Napolitana sauce on it, build the layers with the aubergine slices and the sauce.

10. Once all the aubergine slices are layered, sprinkle with the cheddar cheese.

11. Bake the aubergine bake for 30 minutes in the oven. Remove from the oven when cheese is browned and bubbling.

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NB- You can add more or less cheese according to your taste. To make it vegan use vegan cheese.

This bake can be make in advance and frozen and baked in the oven on the day.

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