Bursting with lovely local smells and tastes this is a hearty baked family meal! It has lots of yummy 'homey' ingredients like aubergine/eggplant and courgettes.
Ingredients
2 (600-700 g) large potatoes
1,200 g courgettes
1.200 g aubergines (eggplants)
1½-2 glasses oil for frying
600 g minced pork
4-5 tablespoons oil for the minced pork
1 small onion, finely chopped
salt and pepper
parsley, finely chopped
4-5 tablespoons dry red wine
2 tablespoons tomato purée
2 tablespoons dry breadcrumbs
Béchamel Sauce
55 g butter
6 tablespoons flour
1 It (4 glasses) boiling milk
1 chicken stock cube
Method
Peel, rinse and slice the potatoes from their wide side. Remove the stalk from the courgettes, rinse and slice. Remove the stalk from the aubergines, peel and slice.
Heat the oil in a medium pan over high heat. Fry the potatoes and transfer to a plate. Fry the courgettes, a few at a time, until golden brown and place one on top of the other on one side of a strainer. Fry the aubergines, a few at a time, until golden brown and place on the other side of the strainer. Leave in the strainer for 2-3 hours. Using a saucer occasionally press the aubergines and courgettes, so that their oil is released.
Fry the minced meat with the onion in the oil gently and season. Stir in the parsley, after some seconds the wine and then the tomato puree, dissolved in ¾/ glass of water. Continue to cook until all the liquid has evaporated.
Prepare the Béchamel sauce using the above ingredients.
Sprinkle the base of a 27x27 cm ovenproof dish with 2 tablespoons of breadcrumbs and place a layer of potatoes on top. Lay half the gourgettes and aubergines to make another layer. Spread some tablespoons of Béchamel sauce over and cover with the meat mixture. Lay the remaining courgettes and aubergines, cover with Béchamel sauce and sprinkle with some breadcrumbs.
Bake in a moderate oven (170°C) for about 45 minutes or until Béchamel sauce is golden brown.
Notes:
1. This dish can be prepared some hours before baking or even the previous.
day. Cover and chill.
2. Once it has cooled down, it may be covered with foil and placed in the freezer.
When it is to be used, take it out of the freezer several hours in advance. Bake before
serving.
3. The vegetables are salted before there are placed in the ovenproot dish.
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