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Nigella Lawson’s beef and aubergine fatteh recipe

The Sunday Times
JONATHAN LOVEKIN

This is a subtly textured, richly flavoured arrangement of toasted pieces of flatbread topped with meaty aubergine and beef, a garlicky tahini-yoghurt sauce, red pepper flakes, pomegranate seeds, toasted pine nuts and shredded mint. I think of these as a refined, Middle Eastern take on nachos.

Serves 4-6 people


01 Heat the oven to 180C (non-fan 200C). Spread out the pitta triangles onto a large baking sheet and toast for 10-15 minutes, or until they are crisp. You don’t need them to colour, but if they do just a little here and there, that’s not a bad thing. Set aside.

02 Beat the yoghurt, tahini, lemon juice, garlic and 1 tsp sea salt flakes together in a heatproof bowl that will later sit over a