Hello Feeder gang!
I’m back from my holiday feeling incredibly refreshed (albeit with a killer headache - anyone else experience these in pregnancy? Brutal), and ready to bring you a load of fresh summery ingredients. We are now in peak summer veg season, with beautiful aubergines, courgettes and tomatoes holding centre stage in my diet.
This week’s recipe is giving summer comfort - lots of veg goodness, but also a good smattering of cheese and pork for good measure. Spiced aubergine rolls with feta and mint would be a glorious summer weekend cook, served with good bread and a sharp salad.
You’ll also get my recommendations for what to eat/drink/do with 36 hours in Bordeaux, where I recently spent a very fabulous babymoon.
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Enjoy!
Sophie x
The Recipe
Spiced Aubergine Rolls with Feta and Mint
Rolling up grilled aubergine with something delicious stuffed into the middle exists in a lot of different countries - I first ate them in Georgia in nigvziani badrijani, where aubergine strips are stuffed with a creamy walnut paste. They are also popular in Italy, where they stuff them with ricotta and bake them in tomato sauce, and call it involtini.
This recipe is kind of like involtini, but borrowing some flavours from the Levant. Feta goes into the mix, along with pine nuts and crispy mint, and the spiced sauce is a gently spiced one.
It makes a really lovely, fragrant summer dinner, though frying all the aubergine strips takes a while, so I would say this a bit of a show stopping one to cook on the weekend when you’ve got friends coming round for dinner. Serve it up with some good bread and some other salads, and you would have a very nice time on your hands.
Serves 4