French

Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)

Name: Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 medium eggplant; 4 tbsp olive oil; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 2 sprigs fresh thyme; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Amelie @amelie_nantes

Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic) is French home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

40 min Easy Heart healthy High fiber Low carb Vegan Vegetarian Gluten free Dairy free Halal Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2 medium eggplant
4 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 sprigs fresh thyme
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Heat the oven to 425 F. Halve the eggplants lengthwise and score the cut side in a crosshatch pattern with a knife, without cutting through the skin.
Whisk the olive oil, garlic, thyme leaves, salt, and pepper together, then brush generously over the cut sides of the eggplant.
Arrange the eggplant halves cut side up on a baking sheet and roast for 30 to 35 minutes, until completely soft and collapsing, and the tops are deeply browned.
Let rest for a few minutes, then serve warm or at room temperature; one vegetable, roasted plain, unlike the five-vegetable stew of a Ratatouille or the layered slices of a Tian.

Watch how to cook Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)

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Serve it with

A French dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
  
  25 min
Something cool and fresh
- Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 190 kcal
Protein: 2 g
Carbs: 14 g
Fat: 14 g
Fiber: 7 g
Sugar: 8 g
Sodium: 580 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.