Dinner For Aline
Made this dinner in 2007 (ish) for my gluten-intolerant, lactose-intolerant, vegetarian, later-to-be-my-cute-landlady Aline before she became my landlady.
I have to say, it was pretty good particularly considering I heavily modified some untried recipes for the occasion.

The Menu
Starter
Gazpacho with Tapenade
Sophisticated version of the chilled soup.

Main Course
Red Beets in Batter with Horseradish Sauce
Tasty Beets
Lemon Aubergine Slices

Dessert
Mango with Raspberry Honey Sauce
Quick and easy as it is pretty and tasty.

Lemon Aubergine Slices
side veg vegan
A surprisingly simple way to cook tasty aubergines.


Ingredients
Method
Slice the aubergines into ¾" thick slices or so.
Rub a little salt into each side, drizzle them with lemon juice (about 1 lemon per 1-2 aubergines), then leave them to drain for 15-30 minutes.
Pat the slices dry and shallow-fry in plenty of olive oil until golden on both sides.
MMMM - tasty!

Mango with Raspberry Honey Sauce
dessert veg
Serves 2

Ingredients
Method
Cut the mango into bite-sized pieces, or turn it into a couple of nice hedgehogs.
Make the raspberry sauce - boil up the raspberries (add a little water if necessary) until they disintegrate, then strain into a pan and add honey.
Simmer the sauce until it becomes syrupy, then pour over the mango pieces and serve.
A quick and easy recipe that's quite tasty and looks pretty nice too.
You could obviously adapt for any fruit/berry combination.