Nantucket Shell
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Nantucket, Massachusetts

Specialty Recipe

Oil Roasted Farm Vegetables

Ingredients

3 large or 12 small red potatoes, scrubbed

3/4 to 1 cup olive oil

coarse (kosher) salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

1 medium eggplant

2 medium zucchini

2 medium summer squash

2 yellow bell peppers

2 red bell peppers

2 medium red onions, peeled

3 ripe medium tomatoes, seeded, cut into wedges

1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

Cut potatoes into 1/8-inch-thick slices. Arrange slices in a single layer in a 12 x 9-inch baking dish and drizzle lightly with some of the oil. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.

Cut unpeeled eggplant into 1/2-inch-thick slices, then cut slices crosswise in half. Slice zucchini and summer squash in the same manner. Core and seed peppers, cut into 1/2-inch-thick rings, and then in half to make half rings. Cut red onion into 1/4-inch-thick half-circles.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. To form a rainbow of colors, arrange all the vegetables over potatoes in compact, alternating rows, each vegetable slice standing balanced on its straight edge. Drizzle the vegetables with about 1/2 cup oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Cover the dish very tightly with aluminum foil. Bake for 1-1/2 hours. Remove the foil and insert the tomato wedges between the rows of vegetables. Sprinkle basil over the tip and more olive oil if vegetables seem to be drying out. Bake the vegetables uncovered 30 to 40 minutes longer. Serve vegetables warm or at room temperature.

Serves: 8 to 10

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