Mediterranean Layered Bake - delicious layers of potato, tomatoes, aubergine, peppers and courgette topped with a cheesy white bechamel style sauce.
If you are a fan of lasagne, then this Mediterranean Layered Bake is a must try!!! and is perfect for lunches, picnics, dinner and more.
Instead of pasta, it combines delicious layers of thinly sliced potato and packed with healthy filling speed vegetables, that are so tasty you won't even miss the meat.
Use a vegetarian Italian style hard cheese instead of the parmesan and this is vegetarian-friendly too.
It makes 6 delicious servings, so if you are a family of 4 like me, that gives you 2 leftover portions that would be perfect for you to freeze for another day. Gotta love leftovers, right?
Love layered dishes like this? Check out these other recipes:
- Leek and Potato Bake
- Beef Lasagne
- Moussaka
- Layered Mashed Potato Casserole
- Cheesy Sausage and Hash Brown Casserole
- Aubergine Lasagne
- Mexican Lasagne
- Chicken and Sweetcorn Lasagne
or head on over to my Full Recipe Index with over 850 delicious Slimming Eats and Weight Watchers recipes all fully searchable by meal type, ingredients, value and smart points etc.
How can I add a ⅓ Vegetables (healthy vegetables) to this Mediterranean Layered Bake?
Well, this recipe actually comes packed with veg, so if you want just a slice of this with nothing else, then go right ahead.
I served alongside a yummy mixed salad of crisp lettuce, finely chopped tomatoes and onion, beetroot, carrot and then a few green olives.
Some steamed greens like tender stem broccoli or even some cauliflower would also go really well with this if you don't fancy a cold salad.
Kitchen Items used for this Mediterranean Layered Bake?
- Oxo Good Grips Non-Stick Deep Baking Tray
- Non Stick Frying Pan
- Kitchen Scales
- Measuring Spoons
- Measuring Jug or Cups
- Wooden Spoon
- Santoku Knife (perfect knife for chopping veg)
- Chopping Board
- Mixing Bowls
This recipe was originally created on 17 July 2012 and updated on the 4 June 2019
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Mediterranean Layered Bake
Mediterranean Layered Bake - delicious layers of potato, tomatoes, aubergine, peppers and courgette topped with a cheesy white bechamel style sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
- ½ red pepper, diced
- ½ green pepper, diced
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 400g (14oz) of chopped tomatoes (canned)
- 8 tablespoons of tomato paste (puree)
- 480ml (2 cups) of chicken or vegetable stock
- 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar
- a handful of fresh basil, chopped
- 1 teaspoon of dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon of fennel seeds, crushed
- 1 large aubergine (eggplant), sliced thinly lengthways
- 3 courgettes (zucchini), sliced thinly lengthways
- 1kg (35oz) of waxy potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced (I used Yukon golds)
- 90g (3.2oz) of vegetarian Italian style hard cheese
- 100g (3.5oz) of mozzarella
- 1.5 tablespoons of cornstarch
- 300ml (1.25 cups) of 1% milk
- Olive Oil Spray
- Chopped Italian parsley
- salt and black pepper.
Instructions
- Add the sliced potatoes to a large saucepan with water and parboil (they should still be firm in the centre, but slightly softened on outside). Drain and set aside.
- Add the olive oil to a frying pan over a medium high heat, once hot, add the onion and fry for a couple of minutes until softened
- Add the peppers and garlic and fry for a further couple of minutes.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, tomato paste (puree), stock, balsamic vinegar, oregano, fresh basil and crushed fennel seeds.
- Bring to a boil and then reduce heat, and allow to gently bubble for 15-20 minutes until sauce reduces down and thickens (it's important to let the sauce reduce down and thicken otherwise it will be too watery).
- Taste sauce and season as needed with salt and black pepper.
- Set aside.
- Wipe the frying pan clean, spray with olive oil spray and place over medium heat, add the courgette and aubergine in batches until lightly browned on all sides and softened, seasoning with a little salt and black pepper as you do.
- Then you can begin the layering.
- Add half the tomato sauce to the bottom of the baking tray.
- Then add half the courgette and half the aubergine.
- Add half the potato slices in a then layer, slightly overlapping each other as you do.
- Then add the remaining tomato sauce, another layer of aubergine and courgette and then the final layer of potatoes.
- Preheat oven to 200c/fan 180c/400f or gas mark 6
- Add the milk to a saucepan, stir the cornstarch with a couple of tablespoon of water to make a slurry, add this into the milk, slowly heating until it starts to thicken. As it starts to thicken, stir in 30g of the Italian style hard cheese until melted into the sauce.
- Pour the sauce over the potatoes, spreading out so it covers evenly with a spatula
- Top with the remaining Italian style hard cheese and mozzarella.
- Cover with foil (it's important you use a deep enough tray so that the cheese doesn't touch the foil when covered)
- Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes, remove foil and continue to bake for another 20-30 minutes until the top is lovely and golden.
- Sprinkle with some fresh chopped parsley
- Serve and enjoy!!
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Nutrition Information
Yield 6 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 365Total Fat 11.7gSaturated Fat 5.8gCarbohydrates 47.1gFiber 8.5gSugar 14.9gProtein 19.9g
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Hazel says
How do you reheat/defrost this if you've frozen it?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
I let it defrost fully and heat in the oven until warmed all the way through or in the microwave until heated through.
Michelle Gordon says
Really enjoyed this recipe. I griddled all the veggies and par boiled the potatoes, so prep time was a lot longer, but it’s a lovely dish, full of wonderful flavours.
Freezing some portions.
Joyce says
Can I prep this dish the day before? If so do you suggest I bake the day I prepare it or wait to bake the following day just prior to serving?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Joyce, I haven't done it that way, but it should be okay to do so. Enjoy!!
Kelly says
I was thinking, do we really need to grill the veggies before? Wouldn’t work to use them raw and let them cook in the oven/bake?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
Yes the flavours are much better if you grill first, you won't get the same result if you add them in raw.
Karen says
Thank you for this recipe I am going to try it out tomorrow