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Roast aubergine with goat's cheese & toasted flatbread

Name: Roast aubergine with goat's cheese & toasted flatbread
Prep time: 19 min
Cook time: 34 min
Total time: 53 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 2 sliced Aubergine; 3 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 12 Cherry Tomatoes; 1 Pita Bread; 3 tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar; Handful Mint; 1 chopped Shallots; 1 sliced Shallots; 1 chopped Red Chilli; 50g Goats Cheese; Handful Rocket

By The Spice & Simmer Kitchen · Published May 3, 2026

A one-pot Vegetarian recipe with Turkish flavors, built for busy weeknights when you want real food without a sink full of dishes. Comes together in roughly 40 minutes, serves about 4, and uses ingredients you can find at any normal grocery store. The technique is simple: build a base in your pot, layer in the main ingredients, simmer until everything has had time to talk to each other, and serve straight from the pan. If you're cooking for picky eaters, this one tends to land — the flavors are recognizable, the texture is comforting, and there's nothing weird hiding in the ingredient list. Perfect for the kind of evening where you want dinner on the table by 7pm and the kitchen empty by 7:30.

Ingredients

Makes 4 servings · 53 min total

2 sliced Aubergine
3 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
12 Cherry Tomatoes
1 Pita Bread
3 tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
Handful Mint
1 chopped Shallots
1 sliced Shallots
1 chopped Red Chilli
50g Goats Cheese
Handful Rocket

Step-by-step instructions

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Brush the aubergine slices with 1 tbsp of the oil, then season. Arrange on a baking tray or sheet and roast for 20 mins until browned, popping the tomatoes on the tray for the final 5 mins. Tear the flatbread into pieces and place on a separate baking sheet. Brown in the oven for 8 mins, or until crisp, then remove.
For the dressing, in a small bowl, mix the vinegar, mint, chopped shallots, chilli, remaining oil and some salt and pepper.
Scatter the aubergine slices, tomatoes, sliced shallot and crisp flatbread into a serving bowl. Pour over the dressing, sprinkle with the goat’s cheese and scatter over a little rocket.

Why this works on a weeknight

Roast aubergine with goat's cheese & toasted flatbread lands at about 53 minutes total — a little longer than our 30-minute target, but most of that time is hands-off simmering, which is why it earned a spot in our Sheet-Pan Dinners collection. The technique is forgiving, the ingredient list is grocery-store standard, and the active cooking time is short enough that you can answer a text message in the middle without ruining dinner.

Cleanup notes

This is a single-pan recipe, so the cleanup is exactly one pan, one cutting board, and one knife. While the dish rests, fill the pan with hot soapy water — by the time you are done eating, the residue lifts off with a single pass of a sponge. Skip the steel wool on cast iron; a stiff brush and warm water are all you need to keep the seasoning intact.

Make-ahead and leftovers

Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in a dry pan over medium-low with a splash of water or stock to loosen the sauce. Roast aubergine with goat's cheese & toasted flatbread actually improves overnight as the flavors keep talking to each other, so doubling the recipe and packing tomorrow's lunch is a high-leverage weeknight move.

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