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Grilled Vegetable Sandwiches with Sherry Vinaigrette and Manchego on Ciabatta
Recipe courtesy Bobby Flay

Ingredients
3 Japanese eggplants, sliced in 1/2 lengthwise
3 red bell peppers
1 red onion, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch thick slices
1 large beefsteak tomato, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
Extra-virgin olive oil or canola oil, for grilling
Salt and pepper
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves, plus 2 to 3 tablespoons torn leaves, for garnish
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling bread
1 loaf ciabatta, sliced lengthwise
Sherry Vinaigrette, recipe follows
8 slices Manchego cheese

Instructions
Heat grill to high. Brush eggplant, peppers, and onion and tomato slices
with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill eggplant, tomato, and onion on both sides until
slightly charred and just cooked through. Grill peppers on all sides until charred, remove from the
grill, place in a bag, and let rest 10 minutes. Remove skin from the peppers and cut into 1-inch
slices. Cut the eggplant, tomato, and onion into large dice.

Whisk garlic, 1/4 cup chopped parsley, and 1/2 cup olive oil together in a large bowl. Add the cut
vegetables to the bowl and let marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Drizzle cut sides of ciabatta with 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and
grill, cut side down, for 1 to 2 minutes. Brush grilled bread with some of the Sherry Vinaigrette
and then layer on the mixed vegetables and Manchego. Drizzle with more vinaigrette and top with torn
parsley. Place other piece of bread on top, wrap sandwich in foil, and place on grill with 2
foil-wrapped bricks on top. Grill for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from grill and foil and cut sandwich
crosswise into 2-inch thick slices.

Sherry Vinaigrette:
1/4 cup aged sherry vinegar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
Salt and pepper

Whisk all ingredients together in a medium bowl. Season, to taste, with
salt and pepper.