Cooking Index - Cooking Recipes & IdeasVegetable Burgers With Eggplant And Tomato Recipe - Cooking Index

Vegetable Burgers With Eggplant And Tomato

Gussy up some couscous with chopped olives and red onion, and offer carrot and jicama sticks for crunch. Fill phyllo tart shells (from your store's frozen foods section) with vanilla pudding and sliced bananas for dessert.

Type: Vegetables
Courses: Sandwiches
Serves: 2 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 tablespoons 22mlOlive oil
2   Eggplant rounds, 1/2" thick
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
2   Meatless patties - (3 to 4 oz ea)
3 tablespoons 45mlMayonnaise
2 teaspoons 10mlChopped fresh tarragon
  = (or 1 tspn dried tarragon)
2   Focaccia or ciabatta - ( 3" to 4" square) - split horizontally
2   Tomato slices, 1/2" thk (large)
  Mixed baby greens

Recipe Instructions

Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle eggplant with salt and pepper. Add eggplant to skillet; saute until brown, about 3 minutes per side. Add patties to same skillet. Saute until patties and eggplant are cooked through, about 3 minutes per side.

Blend mayonnaise and tarragon in small bowl; season with salt and pepper. Spread mayonnaise mixture on bottom half of each bread piece. Top with patty, eggplant, tomato, greens and bread.

This recipe yields 2 servings; can be doubled.

Source:
Bon Appetit, January 2000

Rating

Average rating:

Unrated, please add a rating

Submit your rating:

Click a star to rate this recipe.