Name: Aubergine Parmigiana Orzo
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 75g Stale Bread; Bunch of Basil; 1 Onion; 3 Cloves of Garlic; 2 Aubergines; 500g Cherry Tomatoes; ½ Tsp Chilli Flakes; 2 Tbsp Tomato Purée; 400g Orzo; 50g Parmesan; 200g Mozzarella (Optional); Salt; Pepper; Olive Oil

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Imagine aubergine parm and a silky bowl of pasta had a baby. This is she. Tomatoey orzotto topped with crispy basil crumbs. Incredible.

Aubergine Parmigiana Orzo

Thinly slice your bread, then drizzle it with a little olive oil. Bake in the oven for 15 mins until crisp.

Break your bread into a food processor or blender and add your basil leaves. Pulse until you have crispy green breadcrumbs. Set aside until later.

Finely dice your onion. Finely mince your garlic and dice your aubergine into 2cm chunks. Halve your cherry tomatoes.

Heat a generous glug of olive oil in a large sauté pan. Add your onions and cook over a medium heat for 15 mins until totally soft. 

Add your aubergine chunks and turn up the heat. Fry for another 10 mins until they are tender, stirring frequently so that all the chunks cook evenly.

Add your garlic, chilli flakes and tomato purée, then cook for another 2 mins. Tip in your cherry tomatoes and turn down the heat a little. Cook down for 5 mins, smooshing them with your wooden spoon to create a sauce.

Get a pan of water on to boil. Add a good handful of salt, then tip in your orzo. Cook for 6 mins until tender.

Add a mugful of pasta water to your aubergine pan, then drain your orzo. Tip the orzo in with the sauce and give it a good mix. Grate in your parmesan, then season to taste with salt and pepper. 

Spoon your orzo into bowls and top with a drizzle of olive oil, some mozzarella (if you fancy it), a grating of parmesan and a sprinkle of your basil breadcrumbs. Serve and enjoy!

Second time I’ve cooked this, and it’s delicious. Definitely more than the sum of its parts. Had some posh olive oil to drizzle over, and just tore the basil leaves over the mozzarella at the end rather than make the crumb as I’m not keen on the texture.

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Sophie Wyburd

Sophie Wyburd is a cook and food writer specialising in simple, hearty comfort food, informed by her love of cookbooks and background in restaurant kitchens. You can find her co-hosting the 'A Bit of a Mouthful' and 'I’ll Have What She’s Having' podcasts, and hosting sell-out supper clubs in London. Her debut cookbook 'Tucking In' will be released in June 2024.

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£5-£8

Italian

Aubergine
Parmigiana
Orzo

9 K8 A1026 1

Lunch

Dinner

Heat your oven to 170°C.

Thinly slice your bread, then drizzle it with a little olive oil. Bake in the oven for 15 mins until crisp.

Break your bread into a food processor or blender and add your basil leaves. Pulse until you have crispy green breadcrumbs. Set aside until later.

Finely dice your onion. Finely mince your garlic and dice your aubergine into 2cm chunks. Halve your cherry tomatoes.

Heat a generous glug of olive oil in a large sauté pan. Add your onions and cook over a medium heat for 15 mins until totally soft.

Add your aubergine chunks and turn up the heat. Fry for another 10 mins until they are tender, stirring frequently so that all the chunks cook evenly.

Add your garlic, chilli flakes and tomato purée, then cook for another 2 mins. Tip in your cherry tomatoes and turn down the heat a little. Cook down for 5 mins, smooshing them with your wooden spoon to create a sauce.

Get a pan of water on to boil. Add a good handful of salt, then tip in your orzo. Cook for 6 mins until tender.

Add a mugful of pasta water to your aubergine pan, then drain your orzo. Tip the orzo in with the sauce and give it a good mix. Grate in your parmesan, then season to taste with salt and pepper.

Spoon your orzo into bowls and top with a drizzle of olive oil, some mozzarella (if you fancy it), a grating of parmesan and a sprinkle of your basil breadcrumbs. Serve and enjoy!

Brunch

Healthy

Comfort

Bread

Gram

Basil

Bunch

Onion

Garlic Clove

Garlic

Clove

Aubergine

Cherry Tomatoes

Tomato

Chilli Flakes

Teaspoon

Tomato Purée

Tablespoon

Orzo

Pasta

Parmesan

Mozzarella

Cheese

Salt

Black Pepper

Olive Oil

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