This week’s meat free recipe: tomato & onion bake with goat’s cheese

Tomato & onion bake with goat’s cheese

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 6 onions (halved with roots intact)
• 4 garlic cloves (finely sliced)
• 2 tbsp olive oil 
• 2 x 400g cans chopped tomato
• 85g white breadcrumbs 
• 125g log goats cheese (crumbled)
• 1 tsp sugar 

Method

1. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Place onions in a steamer and cook for 20 minutes, or until tender.
2. Meanwhile, put the garlic and olive oil in a shallow flameproof casserole dish or large frying pan. Gently cook over a medium heat for 1 minute, taking care not to let it colour. Tip in the chopped tomatoes, sugar and half a can of water. Simmer for about 10 minutes until thickened, then season. Nestle the onion halves, cut-side down, in the sauce and simmer for 5 minutes more.
3. Transfer to a baking dish if you need, sprinkle over the breadcrumbs and goat’s cheese, then bake for 20 minutes, until bubbling and golden.