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Baked Ricotta Polenta with Tomato & Eggplant

Tasty and quick, this breakfast will have you going to lunchtime.

Serves  4 | Prep  10 mins | Cooks in  40 mins


Ingredients

  • 1 medium eggplant, diced into 2cm pieces

  • 2 tsp olive oil

  • 3 medium tomatoes, cut in quarters

  • 1 cup vegetable stock

  • 3/4 cup polenta

  • 400g fresh ricotta, finely crumbled

  • 2 tbs basil pesto

  • 1 large egg, whisked

  • 150g grated mozzarella

  • salt & pepper, to taste

Method

1 . Preheat the oven to 200° C and line a baking tray with baking paper.

2 . Drizzle eggplant with oil, season with salt and pepper and place on half of the baking tray and bake for 20 minutes. After 10 minutes add tomatoes, salt & pepper to the other half of the tray and continue to bake for another 10 minutes or until eggplant is soft.

3. Then turn down the oven to 190°C.

4. Meanwhile, bring stock and 150ml water to a simmer, add polenta and cook stirring for 5 minutes, then stir through ricotta, pesto, roast vegetables and egg and adjust seasoning.

5 . Spoon mixture into a greased medium-sized rectangular ovenproof dish and sprinkle over mozzarella. Bake for another 10 minutes before serving.

Nutritional information per serve

  • Energy: 2016.3kj

  • Protein: 27g

  • Carbs: 26.8g

  • Fibre: 5.7g

  • Sat. Fat: 12.8g

  • Fat: 27.7g

  • Calories: 481.6cal

  • Sugar: 8.6g