Chargrilled vegetable baguettes

Recipes / Vegetarian

Pack a picnic basket with these tasty vegetarian baguettes and enjoy a day in the sun.

Recipe «Chargrilled vegetable baguettes» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2 large red capsicums, quartered, seeds and membranes removed, Olive oil cooking spray, 1 large red onion, thickly sliced, 4 zucchini, cut diagonally into thick slices, 1 medium eggplant, cut crossways into 1cm-thick slices , 2 x 80cm baguettes, 1 cup basil pesto, 2 bunches rocket, trimmed, washed .

Ingredients:

  • 2 large red capsicums, quartered, seeds and membranes removed 
  • Olive oil cooking spray 
  • 1 large red onion, thickly sliced 
  • 4 zucchini, cut diagonally into thick slices 
  • 1 medium eggplant, cut crossways into 1cm-thick slices 
  • 2 x 80cm baguettes 
  • 1 cup basil pesto 
  • 2 bunches rocket, trimmed, washed 

Instructions

  1. Cut capsicum into 8 large, flat pieces. Heat a barbecue plate or chargrill on medium-high heat. Spray capsicum with oil. Cook, skin-side down, for 8 to 10 minutes or until skin is blistered and black. Place in a snaplock bag. Seal. Set aside for 15 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, spray onion with oil. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until softened and charred. Transfer to a baking tray. Repeat with zucchini and eggplant. Set aside to cool.
  3. Peel and discard skin from capsicum.
  4. Cut baguettes along tops (don’t cut all the way through). Open out. Spread pesto on 1 side of each baguette. Top with rocket, capsicum, onion, zucchini and eggplant. Cut baguettes into quarters.