Ingredients
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil plus some to drizzle
- 1 bay leaf, fresh or dried
- 3 cloves garlic, 2 chopped, 1 whole cracked from skin
- 2 onions, sliced
- 2 large potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 1 eggplant, chopped
- 1 zucchini, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- Salt and pepper
- 1 (28-ounce) can fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 1 cup stock, chicken or vegetable
- 1/2 cup torn or chopped basil (10 to 12 leaves)
- 4 (1-inch thick) slices whole-grain crusty bread
- 1/2 cup grated pecorino
Directions
Preheat broiler.
Heat a medium soup pot over medium heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, bay, chopped garlic and onions and let them sweat out while you prepare the rest of the veggies. Work next to the stove and drop as you chop, in order of longest cooking time: potatoes, eggplant, zucchini, and bell pepper. Season with salt and pepper, cover and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover and add tomatoes and stock and cook 5 minutes more, to heat through. Turn heat off and stir in basil.
Char bread under broiler and rub with cracked garlic then drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil, top with cheese and pepper and return to the broiler for 30 seconds to brown cheese. Serve cheese whole-grain toast with bowls of vegetable stew.
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By fowl0056_11506603
Playa del Rey, CA
on January 04, 2012
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Very satisfying, healthy, and delicious! I substituted butternut squash for the potato (threw it in around the same time as the eggplant, and I also added some dried thyme, oregano, and crushed red pepper as the vegetables were cooking. I served it along side some seared boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
By wagebot
Washington, DC
on November 27, 2011
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I've been making this for the past four years and it's delicious! It also freezes very well. I add turkey kielbasa occasionally to satisfy the meat eaters
By donwelk
Titusville, FL
on July 29, 2011
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Recipe is liked by all in family.
I spiced it up a bit by ADDING pinch of red
pepper flakes and cup of Chili Sauce.
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