50 mins
Vegetable Tian with Fromage Frais
Recipe by Graham
Discover this classic dish from the Provence region of France. Excellent choice as an accompaniment for a thick slice of ham. This recipe is very simple to follow and economical too. It takes just a few minutes to prepare and looks after itself in the oven.
Fromage frais is a creamy soft cheese, made with whole or skimmed milk and cream. It is like cream cheese, but with less fat (fewer calories and less cholesterol). If you cannot find fromage frais, you can use low fat cream cheese. Pure fromage frais has very little fat.
A tian is an earthenware vessel of Provence used both for cooking and serving. It is also the name of the dish prepared in it and baked in an oven.
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How to Cook Vegetable Tian with Fromage Frais
- Wash the tomatoes, aubergine and courgettes then cut into roundelles about 3mm (⅛") thick
- Place these, standing vertically, in a shallow oven-proof dish, using a repeating pattern (tomato, aubergine, courgette, tomato, aubergine, courgette etc)
- Snip the basil leaves with scissors and mix in a bowl with the fromage frais. Season with salt and freshly-ground pepper and spread liberally over the vegetables.
- Sprinkle the olive oil over the top then place in the middle of a preheated moderate oven (Mk 4 - 350°F - 180°C) for 35 minutes.
- Serve hot straight from the oven.
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If you don't trust yourself to cut your vegetables, use a mandolin to slice them all the same thickness.
Any nice rosé works well with Vegetable Tian with Fromage FraisReviews of Vegetable Tian with Fromage Frais
| March 28 2018 Really easy to make and tasty too. My kids aren't always receptive to vegetables (and that's putting it mildly) but they wolfed this down and suggested we could have it again some time. Terri (1 review) |
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