Homemade Summer Pizza: Grilled Aubergine, Rocket & Karine & Jeff Tomato Sauce

Craving something fresh and simple on your plate?

Homemade pizza gets a summer makeover, full of flavour. Forget ready-made mixes: this is all about good ingredients, simple and organic. For the base, we rely on our Karine & Jeff tomato sauce with Parmesan, basil and pine nuts, cooked with beautiful tomatoes, olive oil and aromatic herbs. Nothing more, nothing less.

Here is a recipe that is perfect for summer evenings, made for sharing as often as you like.

Ingredients (serves 2)

• 1 thin pizza base (homemade if you can!)
• 1 jar of Karine & Jeff tomato sauce with Parmesan, basil and pine nuts
• 1 aubergine
• 1 ball of mozzarella (or burrata)
• 1 generous handful of fresh rocket
• A drizzle of olive oil
• Salt, pepper, oregano, basil
• Parmesan shavings and toasted pine nuts (optional)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 220 °C.
2. Cut the aubergine lengthways into thin slices. Brush them with olive oil, season with salt and pepper, and grill them for a few minutes in a frying pan or in the oven. The goal? Soft and melting, but still holding their shape: they are the stars of the recipe.
3. Roll out the pizza dough on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Spread a generous layer of Karine & Jeff tomato sauce over it.
4. Arrange the aubergine slices and pieces of mozzarella on top. Sprinkle with oregano (as much as you like).
5. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Keep an eye on it: the base should be crisp and the mozzarella melted.
6. Straight out of the oven, add the fresh rocket, a drizzle of olive oil, and Parmesan shavings or a few toasted pine nuts for crunch.
7. Finish with a few fresh basil leaves for the final touch.

Tip

For a change, swap the aubergine for strips of courgette or grilled pepper, or add a few black olives. And why not a little lemon zest over the rocket?

🥄 The Karine & Jeff twist?

A simple, flavourful tomato sauce base, with no compromise on quality. And that changes everything.