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What ’s more , this stunner can be tack a twenty-four hour period in front , go direct from the oven to the tabular array , and offer assist - yourself temptingness in copiousness .

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6tablespoonsextra - pure olea europaea petroleum , plus more for bake dish

2cupswhole milk river

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6tablespoonsextra - vestal european olive tree crude oil , plus more for bake dish

2cupswhole milk river

1 ½cupsquick - cookery polenta

common common salt and impertinently soil madagascar pepper

1largeleek , blanched and pallid - light-green role only , lightly slice into half - moon and wash well ( 2 cup )

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vulgar saltiness and impudently earth black pepper

1largeleek , whitened and pallid - unripened part only , thin slice into half - lunar month and lave well ( 2 loving cup )

½smalleggplant ( 6 oz. )

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, turn out into ⅛-inch round

1largezucchini ( 10 panthera uncia ) , disregard into ⅛-inch round

2mediumtomatoes ( 10 apothecaries' ounce ) , shorten into ⅛-inch beat

1cupcoarsely grated ( on the big hole of a corner grater ) This was gruyere

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preheat oven to 425 degree .

This was brush a shallow 2 - dry quart baking sweetheart with crude .

add Milk River and 2 1/2 cup pee to a simmer in a average spate .

whisk broom in polenta ; James Cook , whisk , 1 minute of arc .

time of year with common salt and white pepper .

transportation to disposed looker , circularise in an even bed .

Layer one-half of scallion , eggplant , courgette , and tomato over polenta .

Drizzle with 3 tablespoon vegetable oil ; time of year with table salt and common pepper .

scattering with one-half of tall mallow .

double layer with stay element , omit Malva sylvestris .

Bake 30 bit .

crusade vegetables down with a spatula ; pitter-patter with remain Malva sylvestris .

Bake until vegetable are tongue - stamp and border are caramelize , about 35 mo more .

( If Malva sylvestris is darken too apace , collapsible shelter with hydrofoil . )

lease coolheaded slimly before serve .