Eggplant and pesto baked pasta
Eggplant and pesto baked pasta
- 1 hr cooking
- Serves 10
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Ingredients
Eggplant and pesto baked pasta
- 500 packet small pasta
- 2 (300g) large zucchini, coarsely grated
- 3/4 cup (200g) prepared pesto
- 2 (1kg) eggplants, thinly sliced lengthways
- 3/4 cup (180ml) olive oil
- 2 cup (200g) grated mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup (20g) freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 500 gram cherry tomatoes, halved
Method
Eggplant and pesto baked pasta
- 1In a large saucepan of boiling salted water, cook the pasta until just tender; drain. Combine the pasta with zucchini and pesto; mix well.
- 2Meanwhile, brush both sides of the eggplant slices with oil. In a large non-stick frying pan, cook eggplant in batches until browned on both sides; drain on absorbent paper.
- 3Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced).
- 4Spoon pasta into a shallow ovenproof dish (4-litre/16-cup capacity). Top with eggplant, overlapping the slices. Sprinkle eggplant with the 2 cheeses and top with tomatoes, cut-side up.
- 5Bake, uncovered, for about 45 minutes or until heated through and cheese is lightly browned; cover with foil if over-browning.