Vegetable Tian

Categories: Campanile
Yield: 4 servings

500 g Tomatoes.
4 Courgettes
2 lg Onions.
2 Aubergines
1 Garlic clove.
3 tb Olive oil.
50 g Parmesan cheese.
Salt; peppermill.

1 Preheat the oven (gas mark 6 / 400F / 200C). Meanwhile, wash and slice
the tomatoes in rings. Rub the courgette skins lightly to clean them, then
slice in rings. Peel and cut the onions in thin strips. Wash the
aubergines, cut them in rings, without removing the skin.

2 Heat a little oil in a frying pan, and fry the onions.

3 When they are soft and transparent, put them in an ovenproof dish, with
the aubergines in a layer on top. Season. Next put in the tomatoes,
followed by the courgettes. Season again, pour in the rest of the oil.
Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese over the top. Bake for 30 minutes.

The tian is a large square or rectangular ovenproof dish with quite high
sides, fromProvence. It is used to prepare all sorts of gratin dishes which
are also given the name "tian".

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