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Loyiso 23

Chef Loyiso’s Fried Aubergine with Goat’s Cheese

Ingredients
  

  • Serves 2
  • 200 g goat's cheese
  • two large aubergines
  • 1 tin chopped tomatoes
  • Baleia Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • salted butter
  • sea salt flakes
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • fresh oregano
  • fresh basil
  • Chili Oil:
  • chopped red chili
  • Baleia Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Leek Ash:
  • 4 leeks cut in half lengthwise

Instructions
 

  • Make the Leek Ash by placing the leeks on a baking tray
  • Dry off in the oven preferably overnight at 50 degrees C
  • Once dry, blend into a dust
  • Make the Chili Oil by pouring a generous amount of oil into a saucepan and add the chillies
  • Let it infuse on a low heat for 10 - 15 minutes
  • Once infused, drain the chilies from the oil and let it set. (Small bubbles will have formed so let it set to settle them down.)
  • Slice and sprinkle the aubergine with salt and set aside for an hour
  • (This helps draw out the water out, as they tend to carry a lot of water)
  • Preheat the oven to 190 degrees C
  • Rinse the aubergine slices and dry them out with paper towel
  • Have a pan heated on high heat and sear off the aubergine slices with olive oil and butter
  • Season with sea salt flakes and pepper and set aside
  • Prepare the tomato sauce by heating a good glug of olive oil in a saucepan
  • Add the tomatoes, cumin, black pepper, salt and chopped oregano
  • Let it simmer until reduced by half
  • Have two oven proof shallow wide bowls ready and spoon the tomato sauce as a base, followed by layering the aubergine slices, overlapping on each other
  • Sprinkle with salt and then generously with the goats cheese
  • Place into the oven and bake for about 15 - 20 minutes until melted and golden
  • Garnish with basil leaves, sprinkle with leek ash and drizzle with some chili oil