Escalivada

Escalivada

  • Prep 1 h

  • Cook 1 h

“Catalan layered vegetables, served cold.”

Ingredients

  • 1 eggplant (small)
  • 1 green pepper (or 1/2 green and 1/2 red), divided into 1/4s
  • 1 onion, minced
  • 2 ripe tomatoes, divided into 2
  • 1 T. olive oil (or more)
  • vinaigrette sauce:
  • 1 dl olive oil
  • 1 T. red wine vinegar
  • 1/2 t. salt
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • chopped fresh parsley

Directions

  1. Cut eggplant lengthwise, or in rounds.
  2. Put in large rectangular dish in layers, salting each layer; let sit at least 1 hour to remove bitter juice.
  3. Wring out slices with paper towels.
  4. Put vegetables in a single layer in rectangular dish and drizzle with olive oil.
  5. Put in hot oven (350 F./180 C.) and roast about 1 hour.
  6. Cool and refrigerate.
  7. Make vinaigrette by mixing ingredients together.
  8. Add vinaigrette to the vegetables.

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