Vegetable Tian with Garlic Tomato Sauce

You can now grab a kitchen mandolin and some delicious, colorful and varied fresh vegetables: all of this is the secret to making this vegetable tian with garlic tomato sauce as delicious as you see. That, and the Le Creuset roasting tray, new, light, resistant and fabulous for making all kinds of roasts.

Roasted vegetables, that's exactly what we'll do with these vegetables, cut and strategically placed on the tray: first, we'll prepare a homemade, spicy tomato sauce, intense in flavour, which will be the base of the recipe. We'll arrange the vegetables on top and, for a nice, rounded final touch, we'll sprinkle it with cheese.

Vegetable tian is without a doubt a classic of French cuisine, and the one we present here is a very natural and intense tian recipe, with all the flavour thanks to the homemade and flavoured tomato sauce recipe that you will see here and that will sprinkle every bite with intense pleasure. I hope you enjoy it.

Le Creuset roasting tray

Ingredients (for 4-6 people)

• 1 red onion, diced
• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tbsp dried tomato paste
• 1 tbsp dried rosemary
• 1 tbsp dried oregano
• 1/2 tbsp smoked paprika
• 1 can of 400g chopped tomatoes
• 2 cc of sugar
• Sea salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 lemon, grated
• 2 green zucchini
• 2 yellow zucchini
• 2 eggplants
• 2 sweet potatoes
• 5 tomatoes
• 30 g fresh parmesan cheese, grated

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2. Let's first prepare the tomato sauce. To do this, heat the oil in a Poleon Le Creuset saucepan and fry the onion over a medium heat for 4-5 minutes until it begins to soften. Then add the garlic with a pinch of salt and fry for a further minute.
3. Add the sun-dried tomato paste, rosemary, oregano and paprika before adding all the tomatoes along with half a glass of water. Sprinkle with the sugar and lemon zest and season before bringing to the boil for 10 minutes over a medium heat, stirring occasionally, until you have a thick sauce.
4. Meanwhile, using a kitchen mandolin, cut the courgettes, aubergines, sweet potatoes and tomatoes into half-centimetre slices.
5. Put the sweet potato slices in a large bowl with a little water and microwave for two and a half minutes (we want to soften it a little, since it is harder than other vegetables and with the time that the others require in the oven the sweet potato would be raw). Turn the slices over halfway through the cooking time. Then drain them well and set aside with the rest of the vegetables. If you do not have a microwave, to soften the sweet potato you can put it in a saucepan on the heat in boiling water for 5 minutes.
6. Let's start assembling the tray. Once the sauce has thickened, pour it into the base of the Le Creuset Ovenware roasting tray , spreading it evenly with the back of a spoon. Arrange the vegetables in rows, alternating each one and following a certain order, until you have completely filled the tray. Depending on the diameter of the slices, you will need about four layers to fill the entire tray.
7. Once you have everything well arranged, sprinkle the grated Parmesan on top.
8. Place the tray in the oven for 35-40 minutes, until the vegetables have softened and the cheese is golden and crispy.
9. Finally, remove from the oven and let it rest for five minutes.

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Grades

• Vegetable tian is a dish in itself, which you can serve as the first course in a meal. Many other times it is the ideal accompaniment for meat and fish: serve a portion of tian, well arranged, on the side, as a base or crowning a piece of meat or fish (whether grilled or baked). You will see what a beautiful presentation you get!
• If you choose to serve it alone, I invite you to accompany it with a little salad: just a little arugula or spinach with cashews and a lemon vinaigrette, it will go wonderfully.
• You can also serve it as an appetizer: stick a few slices in it with toothpicks and place them on a serving platter in the middle of the table. You'll see how quickly they disappear!