Name: Tapas Style Tomato and Aubergine Stew
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 1 tbs olive oil; 2 cloves garlic; 2 shallots; 1 red chilli; 1 aubergine; 400g vine tomatoes; zest and juice of a lemon; Small bunch mint leaves - chopped; sea salt and black pepper

Super tasty aubergine tapas recipe – vegetarian, easy to make and perfect with crusty bread and a glass or two of wine. Enjoy!

Aubergine Tapas Recipe

A fiery tomato and aubergine stew makes a great little addition to a tapas spread and is super easy to make.

It tastes good fresh out of the pan or left to cool to room temperature, scooped up on little simple garlic brushed bruschetta or tasty flatbreads.

And it’s perfect with a nice glass of Rioja!

Equipment Needed

Chopping board

Sharp knife

Tablespoon

Skillet pan or saucepan

Wooden spoon or spatula or other cooking spoon

Ingredients for Aubergine and Tomato Tapas

You’ll just need a handful of delicious, healthy ingredients to make this tasty aubergine tapas dish.

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1 tbs olive oil

2 cloves garlic – finely chopped

2 shallots – finely chopped

1 red chilli – finely sliced

1 aubergine – chopped into bitesize chunks

400g vine tomatoes – roughly chopped

zest and juice of a lemon

small bunch of mint leaves – chopped

sea salt and black pepper

ingredients for Spanish aubergine tapas recipe - aubergine, shallots, garlic cloves, red chilli, vine tomatoes, lemon, mint leaves and small bowl of olive oil

How To Make Aubergine And Tomato Tapas Style Stew

It’s super easy to make our aubergine tapas dish! And you’re going to just love how it tastes!

Step One – prepare all the vegetables ready for the tapas dish

Firstly prepare all your vegetables – finely chop the shallots

chopped shallot, sliced red chillies and diced aubergine on a wooden chopping board

Finely slice the red chilli and grate the garlic

diced shallot, sliced red chillies, grated garlic, diced aubergine on wooden chopping board

Roughly chop the tomatoes – keep any juices that squeeze out

diced tomatoes, diced aubergine, sliced shallots and slice red chillies on a wooden chopping board

Dice the aubergine into bitesized pieces.

diced aubergine, diced tomatoes, sliced red chillies on a wooden chopping board

Step Two – start to cook the aubergine tapas

Add the olive oil to a skillet pan and gently fry the shallots, garlic and chilli over a low heat so they don’t burn and taste bitter.

enamel pan with olive oil, sliced red chillies and chopped shallots being stirred with a wooden spoon

Grate the lemon zest and squeeze the juice from the lemon – keep to one side for later.

zest of a lemon, juiced lemon in a juicer alongside a bunch of mint leaves

Add the aubergines to the pan with the shallots, chilli and garlic and stir well.

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enamel pan filled with diced aubergine red chillies, shallots and olive oil

Tip the chopped tomatoes into the pan.

enamel skillet pan with diced aubergines, diced tomatoes being stirred with a wooden spoon

Scatter the lemon zest over the aubergines and tomatoes.

enamel skillet pan filled with aubergine, tomatoes, chillies, shallots, lemon zest being stirred with a wooden spoon

Pour the lemon juice into the pan with the vegetables.

skillet pan filled with aubergine tapas recipe with tomatoes, lemon zest, garlic and chillies

Season to taste with sea salt and black pepper. Stir everything together and simmer gently over a low heat until everything is softened and squishy.

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Step Three – serve your aubergine tapas recipe

Tip the aubergine and tomato tapas stew into a serving bowl and scatter over chopped mint.

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Make Aubergine Tapas Your Way

Skip the chilli and pile in some fresh oregano and thyme leaves instead.

Add some chopped peppers into the mix or use chargrilled ones from a jar for speed.

Scatter with toasted almond slivers or crumbled goats cheese – we love this topped with feta cheese, yogurt and mint.

How To Serve Aubergine Tapas Stew

As part of a tapas spread with lots of little tapas dishes, wine and cheese and delicious ciabatta or flatbreads.

With wholemeal rice and a spoonful of Greek yogurt, maybe a crumbling of goats cheese as a healthy midweek dinner.

As a bruschetta topping – just pile onto toasted bread that’s been rubbed with raw garlic and drizzled with olive oil.

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Chorizo in Red Wine – fat discs of chorizo sausage simmered in red wine and scattered with freshly chopped parsley.

Quick Padron Peppers – you can usually find these little Spanish style Padron peppers in Aldi they’re super easy to make- just blister the skins by frying over a high heat in olive oil.

Aubergine salad – a delicious griddled aubergine salad with vine tomatoes, mozzarella pearls and herbs

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Yield: Serves 4

Tapas Style Tomato and Aubergine Stew

Super tasty aubergine tapas recipe – vegetarian, easy to make and perfect with crusty bread

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

1 tbs olive oil
2 cloves garlic
2 shallots
1 red chilli
1 aubergine
400g vine tomatoes
zest and juice of a lemon
Small bunch mint leaves - chopped
sea salt and black pepper

Instructions

Prepare the vegetables
Add the olive oil to a skillet pan and gently cook the shallot, chilli and garlic.
Tip in the aubergines and tomatoes, scatter over the lemon zest and tip in the lemon juice.
Season with salt and pepper
Cook over a low heat until soft and squashy.
Tip into a serving bowl and scatter over the mint leaves.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 261Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 577mgCarbohydrates: 29gFiber: 6gSugar: 10gProtein: 12g

Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.

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