CREAMED AUBERGINES

For 4 people.
Preparation time: 30 min.

Ingredients

½ litre milk 50g grated cheese 1 small cup of meat gravy 1 small onion 4 cloves of garlic 1 dozen peeled prawns 500g cured ham (jamón Serrano) 1 large cup of oil 100g flour / Salt and pepper

Preparation

Fry the cloves of garlic, whole, in a pan then remove from the heat. In the same oil, put the aubergines, peeled, cut into slices, rubbed with salt and with a light coating of flour. Once fried, remove from the heat, drain the oil and place them into an oven tray covered by the prawns and the thinly sliced ham. Add 4 spoonfuls of oil to the pan and add the sliced onion. When this is golden, add two spoonfuls of flour. Once toasted, begin to slowly add the milk and gravy, stirring all the time, until you get a fine cream. Add the salt and pepper, pass the cream through a food mill to remove any lumps and pour it over the aubergines. Sprinkle the cheese on top and leave it under a hot grill for ten minutes until it is "au gratin".