Manchego Cheese With Spicy Pisto

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 9 ounces manchego cheese, cut into fingers
• 2 ounces flour
• 1 egg, beaten
• 7 ounces fresh breadcrumbs
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 red onion, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 1 medium eggplant, chopped
• 1 red pepper, roughly chopped
• 1 chorizo sausage, sliced
• 1 zucchini, chopped
• 3 red ripe tomatoes, chopped
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, chopped
• 1 tablespoon basil, chopped
• 10 -12 olives, stoned

Recipe

• 1 first make the spicy pisto. heat the olive oil in a wok, add in the onion and garlic and fry gently, stirring often, until soft, around 5 minutes.
• 2 add the eggplant, red pepper, and chorizo and fry, stirring now and then, for 3-4 minutes.
• 3 add the zucchini and tomatoes and cook for a further 5 minutes.
• 4 season with salt and freshly ground pepper and mix in the parsley, basil and the olives.
• 5 coat the manchego cheese in the beaten egg, then the flour and then the breadcrumbs.
• 6 heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan. add in the coated manchego and fry gently until crisp and golden on both sides.
• 7 serve with the pisto.