Rice & Aubergine Pie
A very easy dish, and most of all good and fresh
Ingredients:
(serves 1)
– a long aubergine (small)
– 50/60 gr rice
– a sprig of parsley
– 8/10 basil leaves
– 5/6 mint leaves
– fresh chives
– a sprig of rocket
– 5 almonds
– 1 tsp sunflower seeds
– 1 plum tomato
– extra virgin olive oil
– salt
Method:
Boil rice in salted water, drain and let it cool. Meanwhile, wash herbs and finely chop them; do so for the rocket and the almonds as well. Add a tablespoon of oil and a pinch of salt to the the mixture and set aside.
Cut the aubergine lengthwise in slices of about 1cm thick. Fry or grill on a griddle. Put them on a plate and let them cool.
Meanwhile, mix the rice, now warm, with the herbs mixture, rocket, almonds and sunflower seeds.
Line with a cling-film a timbale mould, and place the aubergine slices on the bottom and the sides, leaving them to “overflow” from the edges. Cut the remaining slices in strips and add them to rice. Fill the mould with the rice. Press it a little and close the aubergine over the rice. Remove the pie from the mould and garnish with tomato, cut into cubes and season it with a little oil, salt and basil.
Yum yum 🙂
This is REALLY smart!!! Well done Concita! I’ll try this out first, and maybe I’ll use courgettes the following time…I can’t wait to try it!