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Tojo Style Eggplant & Tomato Ankake

Difficulty: Simple
Time: 35 minutes
Serves: 2

  • 1 Adagio® Baby Eggplant – 2 round pieces cut 3cm wide, rest cut in wedges
  • 70 g shimeji mushrooms, ends removed (can be replaced with any other mushrooms)
  • 1 Virtuoso® Beefsteak Tomato, blanched, peeled & diced
  • ¼ onion, diced finely
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 chili pepper, dried, chopped finely
  • 1 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 tsp water
  • ½ tsp Japanese soy sauce
  • 2 pinches sugar
  • salt & ground pepper

Garnish

  • 3 Concerto® Grape Tomatoes
  • 3 Concerto® Gold Grape Tomatoes
  • 2 sprigs cilantro

Tojo’s savory Virtuoso® Beefsteak Tomato and Adagio® Baby Eggplant Ankake.

Instructions

  1. Crosshatch both sides of round eggplant pieces on fleshy side with 1 cm deep cuts. Brush lightly with olive oil. Microwave on high for 4 min.
  2. Heat olive oil in pan, med-high.
    Saute mushrooms quickly, 1 min.
  3. Combine chicken stock with onions & diced tomatoes in pan. Add dried chili pepper. Simmer together on medium 5 min.
  4. Season with salt, pepper to taste. Add sugar, soy sauce. Simmer together 5 more minutes.
  5. Mix water and cornstarch in separate bowl. Add to thicken sauce. Continue simmering for another 3 minutes. Serve over eggplant.
  6. Garnish with Concerto® Grape Tomatoes & cilantro.