I had a dream last night that my yiayia was making this, and I remembered the aroma and flavors of “tourlou”.
I wanted to share this lovely recipe with you. This is a great vegetarian recipe and for you vegetarians out there, you will enjoy this.
It’s almost like Ratatouille, but Greek style. 🙂
Yiayia’s Tourlou Recipe
Ingredients-
1 eggplant
1 zucchini
2 potatoes
1 leek
1 white onion
1 bunch of parsley
2 bell peppers
extra virgin olive oil
sea salt & ground pepper
crumbled feta cheese
1 can of chopped tomatoes
1/4 cup of wine sauce
1 garlic minced
1 bunch of basil
Directions-
1. Preheat the oven to 430 degrees or 220 celsius.
2. Wash all of the vegetables and cut them into medium size chunks.
3. Boil the potatoes for about 5 minutes, and reserve some of the water.
4. Place all of the vegetables in a large tray.
5. Place the tomatoes, parsley, basil, garlic, salt and pepper in a blender, and mix until combined. Add in the wine, olive oil and water. Whisk to combined.
6. Mix the sauce with the vegetables, and place in the oven. Bake for about 1 hour or until brown and ready.
7. Crumble the feta on top once the vegetables are ready, and serve.
* Try a nice shot of ouzo or red wine with this.
* Kali orexi!