Eggplants with Fresh Tomatoes

Here is the recipe for a very easy and delicious side dish prepared with eggplants and fresh tomatoes. The preparation of this Italian recipes is simple: you need just to cut both the eggplants and the fresh tomatoes in small cubes, let the chopped onion cooked then add first the tomatoes and then the eggplants. Here I add also a little bit of tomatoes puree in order to give a more creamy consistency to the eggplant but if you like a drier side dish you can also avoid to add the tomatoes puree. I like to eat this type of side dish with cheese like in this case I served the eggplants with fresh tomatoes together with buffalo mozzarella cheese but it is also delicious with a ripe cheese or if you like more with meat

INGREDIENTS (for 4 people):
2 Eggplants
Half of onion
4 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
6 Big fresh tomatoes
100 ml or 3,4 oz of tomatoes puree
Salt
Black pepper

PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes

COOKING TIME: 30 minutes

WINE: Riviera Ligure di Ponente Vermentino Doc (White Wine)

PREPARATION
Preheat the extra virgin olive oil in a large pan. Chop the onion and let it brown.



Wash and clean the fresh tomatoes, cut them in small cubes and add them to the onion.



Let them cook for about 5 minutes. In the meantime prepare the eggplants, clean and cut them in small cubes. Then add them to the tomatoes. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper.



Let them cook for about 10 minutes and then add the tomatoes puree.



Finish to cook the eggplants for other 10 minutes. You can serve the eggplants with fresh tomatoes as a side dish to the meat or to fresh buffalo mozzarella as I did here.



BUON APPETITO!