Aubergine has always resided on my ‘to do’ list, rarely making it onto the ‘done’ list. For me it’s the kinda vegetable that wouldn’t look out of place at a police riot to be honest….a big oul truncheon of a thing. But that’s just me :)

Outside of Ratatouille I have never manged to expand my efforts with the big purple monster that is Aubergine (or Egg Plant….who came up with that name!!) until I was introduced to this dish and prior to that the Greek dish Moussaka. The easiest way to describe this is as a Lasagne – it’s a layered dish that’s baked – totally meat free and wonderfully tasty, this recipe is not strictly the classic Mellanzane Al Forno because I’ve bunged in Courgette and pasta…so it’s now Mellanzane Al Me