Broccoli soup with blue cheese & aubergine, thyme and feta tart

Oh my god.... This was... soooo good....!!! It requires a bit of multitasking, but the end result makes it worth it!

Healthy and yummy.. is there anything better...?

Ingredients:

soup - 1 onion, 300gr broccoli, 1 potato, 1L vegetable stock, blue cheese

tart - 3 aubergines, puff pastry, 1 egg, 2 cloves garlic, thyme springs, 200gr feta, olive oil, a little milk

All ingredients used, for the tart (left) and for the soup (right).

So let's start with the soup:
 

Chop the onion and then the potato.

Cook the onion in a little olive oil in a large pan until soft (about 5 minutes). Add the potato and stock and simmer until the potato is tender (about 10 minutes). Add the broccoli and cook for 3-4 minutes until just tender but still bright green. Add half the cheese and blend to a smooth soup in a blender.

Season with salt and pepper then serve with the rest of the cheese crumbled over.

 And now for the tart...

Pre-heat oven to 180'C, using a knife make 4 think cuts along the one aubergine and place in over till 40 minutes or till soft. Remove form the oven (and turn it up to 200'C), peel the skin and crush he rest with a fork or with a mini blender until creamed. For the pastry, roll the pastry into a 27cm x 37cm rectangle.. or something that looks like a big blob in my case..! Make a line with a knife 3cm from the edges all around. Brush the outside with egg and milk.

Bake for 15 minutes until gold. Remove from the oven and push the central part down with a large spoon so as to leave a risen border all around.

Moving onto it's topping, fry the garlic and place into the creamed aubergine. Lightly season with salt an pepper.

Now, slice the other aubergine into thin think slices and fry in some olive oil. Whilst frying season with salt, pepper and thyme.

Cook both sides until golden.

Add the creamed aubergine with garlic to the center of the puff pastry. Then add the feta cheese.

Next add the aubergine slices.

And cook for a further 15 minutes... Yum!

Καλἠ ὀρεξη!!!!