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Roasted Mixed Vegetables

This is one of my favorite ways of cooking vegetables for a dinner party. You can do most of it in advance and put them in the oven again 1/2–3/4 hour before serving.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 6

Ingredients

3 eggplants (about 1 1/4 pounds total)
4 red bell peppers
8 small–medium white or red onions
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Put all the vegetables, whole and unpeeled, on a sheet of foil on a baking sheet in a preheated 400°F oven. Roast for 1 hour, or until all the vegetables are soft—the eggplants should be very soft and the skin of the peppers blackened and blistered.

    Step 2

    When cold enough to handle, peel the vegetables (for peeling peppers, see page 84). Press the eggplants very gently in a colander to remove some of their juices, and cut into large pieces. Cut each pepper into 4 strips. Cut the onions in half.

    Step 3

    Put all the vegetables in a baking dish and sprinkle with oil, salt, and pepper. Mix gently and roast at 400°F for a further 1/2 hour, or until nicely browned.

    Step 4

    Serve hot.

Cover of Claudia Roden's The New Book of Middle Easter Food, featuring a blue filigree bowl filled with Meyer lemons and sprigs of mint.
Reprinted with permission from The New Book of Middle Eastern Food, copyright © 2000 by Claudia Roden, published by Knopf. Buy the full book on Amazon or Bookshop.
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