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Marinated eggplant, basil and mozzarella piadine

Australian Gourmet Traveller vegetarian appetiser recipe for marinated eggplant, basil and mozzarella piadine
Marinated eggplant, basil and mozzarella piadine

Marinated eggplant, basil and mozzarella piadine

Ben Dearnley
6
15M
50M
1H 5M

Piadina is an Italian flatbread from the Romagna region traditionally cooked on a testo or chargrill pan. You’ll need to start this recipe a day ahead.

Ingredients

Piadina dough

Method

Main

1.Lightly brush both sides of eggplant slices with a little olive oil and season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Heat a large chargrill pan or barbecue over high heat and cook eggplant, in batches, until golden and tender (1-2 minutes on each side). Transfer to a bowl, add lemon juice, vinegar, extra-virgin olive oil, garlic, oregano and remaining olive oil and stir to combine. Season generously to taste, then transfer to a container and refrigerate overnight or for up to a week. Bring to room temperature and drain (reserving marinade) before using.
2. For piadina dough, combine 180ml (¾ cup) warm water, oil and yeast in a bowl, stirring to dissolve yeast. Combine flour, semolina and 1½ tsp sea salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook and mix on low speed to combine. Add yeast mixture in a steady stream, mixing to combine, increase to medium speed and knead until smooth and elastic (about 5 minutes). Transfer to a lightly oiled bowl, turn to coat, cover with plastic wrap and stand in a warm place until doubled in size (about 2 hours). Knock back dough, divide into 6 even pieces and roll each piece into a ball on a lightly floured surface. Heat a large chargrill pan or barbecue over medium-high heat. Roll each ball of dough into a 2mm-thick rectangle (to fit the size of your chargrill plate or barbecue) and brush both sides of each piece with oil. Cook one at a time until lightly golden (2-3 minutes on each side). Transfer to a platter, scatter with drained eggplant, mozzarella, basil and rocket, drizzle with reserved marinade, season to taste and serve.

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