It's zucchini season! And while I don't have a garden - it's one of the cheapest vegetables in the store right now. Which is what prompted this "experiment"
Vegetable Tian
2 Tbls olive oil (divided)
1 large sweet yellow onion cut in half and sliced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1-2 russet potatoes, unpeeled
1 zucchini
1 yellow squash
3 large Roma tomatoes
Sea salt, black pepper, to taste
Dried thyme, to taste
1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat the oven to 375. Coat a baking dish with olive oil cooking spray. Heat 1 Tbl of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Once hot, add the onions and saute until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another 60 seconds. Spread the onion mixture on the bottom of the greased baking dish.
Slice the potatoes, zucchini, squash and tomatoes in 1/4" thick slices. Layer them alternately in the dish on top of the onions, fitting them tightly into a spiral, making only one layer. Season with seas salt, black pepper and dried thyme, to taste. Drizzle the last tablespoon of olive oil over the top.
It's gonna look like this:
Cover the dish with tin foil and bake for 35 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. Uncover and sprinkle the Parmesan cheese on top and bake for another 25-30 minutes or until browned. Enjoy!
Instead of yellow onion - I used red.
I didn't pre-cook the onion or the garlic, just threw it in the bottom of the pan
Used 2 each of zucchini & yellow squash due to the size of my baking dish
Obviously a spiral pattern wouldn't work in this pan ;-)
Couldn't find thyme, so I used oregano.
Didn't have sea salt, so I used Kosher salt.
Verdict -
LOVED IT! And while it took a long time to bake, it was super easy to throw together (especially since I didn't saute the onion & garlic!)
Vegetable Tian
2 Tbls olive oil (divided)
1 large sweet yellow onion cut in half and sliced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1-2 russet potatoes, unpeeled
1 zucchini
1 yellow squash
3 large Roma tomatoes
Sea salt, black pepper, to taste
Dried thyme, to taste
1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat the oven to 375. Coat a baking dish with olive oil cooking spray. Heat 1 Tbl of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Once hot, add the onions and saute until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another 60 seconds. Spread the onion mixture on the bottom of the greased baking dish.
Slice the potatoes, zucchini, squash and tomatoes in 1/4" thick slices. Layer them alternately in the dish on top of the onions, fitting them tightly into a spiral, making only one layer. Season with seas salt, black pepper and dried thyme, to taste. Drizzle the last tablespoon of olive oil over the top.
It's gonna look like this:
Cover the dish with tin foil and bake for 35 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. Uncover and sprinkle the Parmesan cheese on top and bake for another 25-30 minutes or until browned. Enjoy!
Instead of yellow onion - I used red.
I didn't pre-cook the onion or the garlic, just threw it in the bottom of the pan
Used 2 each of zucchini & yellow squash due to the size of my baking dish
Obviously a spiral pattern wouldn't work in this pan ;-)
Couldn't find thyme, so I used oregano.
Didn't have sea salt, so I used Kosher salt.
Verdict -
LOVED IT! And while it took a long time to bake, it was super easy to throw together (especially since I didn't saute the onion & garlic!)
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