Free Recipe Italian Style Eggplant & Pepper Salad

Recipe Type: Free Salad Recipes
Recipe Preparation: bake
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 6

Ingredients for Italian Style Eggplant & Pepper Salad Recipe

1 lg Eggplant
1/4 c Olive oil
2 lg Bell peppers, red or green
1/4 c Red wine vinegar
2 lg Celery stalks
1 ts Oregano
Olive oil for sauteeing
Salt & pepper
2 ea Garlic cloves, minced
1/4 c Black olives, chopped

Italian Style Eggplant & Pepper Salad Preparation

Preheat oven to 400F. Place whole eggplant, unpeeled, on a rack in oven. Wrap the two peppers & celery stalks individually in aluminum foil & place them on rack as well. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove peppers & celery & let cool. Bake eggplant for another 15 minutes. It should be very tender & have collapsed. When vegetables are cool enough to handle, peel eggplant, cut into several pieces & drain in a colnder for 20 minutes. Squeeze out some of the excess moisture. Chop peppers, removing stems & seeds. Leave in large pieces. Chop celery into 1/2 pieces. Dice eggplant & combnie with peppers & celery in a large bowl. Heat a few drops of olive oil in a skillet & saute the garlic till golden. Add to hte bowl. Add remaining ingredients & mix thoroughly. Cover & let stand for 1 hour at room temperature before serving. Nava Atlas, Vegetariana

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