Eggplant and Red Pepper Terrine

Name: Eggplant and Red Pepper Terrine
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 680 grams large red bell peppers (about; 1 kilograms large, firm eggplants (about; 2 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil; 355 milliliters loosely-packed flat-leaf parsley leaves; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 227 grams fresh Mozzarella, cut into 1/8-in slices, about 14 slices; 3 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped; 567 grams to 3 ripe tomatoes , each cut into 6 to 8 pieces; 59 milliliters virgin olive oil; 2 Tbsps red wine vinegar; 1 teaspoons salt; 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 0 teaspoons Tabasco sauce

Eggplant and Red Pepper Terrine is a gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe with 3 servings. This recipe covers 81% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 77g of protein, 139g of fat, and a total of 2057 calories. If you have tabasco sauce, flat-leaf parsley leaves, extra virgin olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Blacken and peel the red peppers: Arrange the red peppers on a broiling pan and place them under a hot broiler so that their upper surfaces are about 1/2 inch from the heat.

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Red Pepper

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Broiler

Frying Pan

Broil for 15 minutes, turning occasionally, until the peppers are blistered and black on all sides. (You can alternatively blacken the peppers directly over the open flame of a gas cook-top, holding them and turning them with tongs.)

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Peppers

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Tongs

Place them in a bowl and cover the bowl with a plate.

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Bowl

Let the peppers steam in their own residual heat inside the bowl for 10 minutes. Then peel them (the skin will slide off) and remove the seeds.

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Peppers

Seeds

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Bowl

Note that Trader Joe's makes an excellent bottled cooked red pepper that can be used as a shortcut to the above step.

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Red Pepper

Heat a grill or grill pan until very hot.

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Grill Pan

Grill

Cut the eggplants into 1/2-inch slices and lay out flat on a large flat surface such as a baking pan.

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Eggplant

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Baking Pan

Brush the slices on both sides with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt.

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Olive Oil

Salt

Cook the eggplant slices on the grill, covered, for 4 minutes on each side, until they are nicely browned and softened. If your grill does not have a lid, make a tent-like lid of aluminum foil and place it over the eggplant as it cooks.

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Eggplant

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Aluminum Foil

Grill

Blanch the parsley: While the eggplant is grilling, soften the parsley by blanching it in boiling water for 5 to 10 seconds.

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Eggplant

Parsley

Water

Remove, cool under cold water, drain.

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Water

Build the terrine: Line a terrine mold (loaf pan) with plastic wrap. Arrange a layer of eggplant in the bottom of the mold and top it with about a third each of the red pepper pieces, parsley, and cheese.

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Red Pepper

Eggplant

Parsley

Cheese