Timbale of potatoes with herbs and smoked scamorza cheese in aubergine and Pachino tomato sauce
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 10Timbale
Author Giulia Mairo
Ingredients
1kgyellow potatoes
500grsmoked Scamorza cheese
1kground black aubergines
1sprig of rosemary
1sprig of thyme
200mlextra virgin olive oil
1cloveof garlic
1bunch of basil
1glass of white vinegar
1kgof cherry tomatoes
salt and pepper
Instructions
Peel the potatoes and soak in water so as not to blacken, cut into cubes.
Boil them with water and vinegar and drain them when the cubes are soft.
Cut the cheese into cubes.
Add the potatoes, to scamorza and herbs; salt and pepper and season with extra virgin olive oil.
Slice the eggplant thinly on the side of the length and grill.
Butter and salt the molds and cover all the internal surfaces of the dish with grilled eggplant, leaving them overflow from the mold.
Insert the stuffing of potatoes and squeeze well inside the cup, then close folding the part of eggplant that overflows.
Bake at 160 oC for 10 minutes.
Cut the tomatoes in half and fry them with the clove of garlic and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, cook for a few minutes and then pass with the blender immersion, adding fresh basil.
Turn out the timballini and cover with Pachino sauce.