Vegetable Tian is a dish that can be made easily and quickly. It originates from the Provencal area of France and contains fresh summer vegetables, which are to be found there in abundance. There are many excellent similar recipes from this area of France, like Eggplant Caponata, Ratatouille, and Vegetable Bake, a vegan heaven!
The name Tian refers to the dish that it is cooked in (which is an earthenware vessel of Provence, according to Wikipedia), but nowadays you hear the word being used for lots of Mediterranean dishes.
If you don't have a Tian dish, just use any ovenproof dish you have. A cast-iron casserole dish or stoneware would work very well.
If you have access to wonderful vegetable markets in your area, this is one way of using fresh produce.
Of course, you can make it wherever you are, just as I do, and bring a little Provence right there to your kitchen!
More Great French Vegetable Recipes
📖 Recipe
Fresh Vegetable Tian
Ingredients
- 1 eggplant aubergine large
- 2 zucchini courgettes
- 3 potatoes medium-sized
- 3 tomatoes medium-sized, ripe
- 2 onions
- 1 thyme fresh - small bunch
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Turn oven on to HOT 425°F/220°C/Gas 7.
- Cut the vegetables into thin slices.
- Sprinkle a little olive oil into the bottom of your Tian (or large ovenproof dish)
- Begin layering the vegetables in Tian starting with the onions, potatoes, eggplant, zucchini, and tomatoes.
- Sprinkle each layer with salt and pepper and a little crumbled thyme.
- Finish the top layer with tomatoes and sprinkle olive oil over the top.
- Place in a hot oven and bake for about forty minutes.
- This is often eaten hot but can also be served cold too.
- Enjoy!
Did you make this & like it, or not, let us know?!