Baking & roasting: Follow each recipe’s oven settings and visible finish cues. Examples include Garlic roasted eggplant. Open a full recipe for ingredients and the complete method.
Place the tray on the middle rack and set a 15 min first check. Using oven mitts, pull out the tray and test gently with tongs and a fork. Proceed only when the skin wrinkles and the flesh softens; larger eggplants need longer.
The skin is wrinkled and a fork enters the softened flesh readily.
Return to the 200°C oven and set a 5 min check. Finish when the garlic is heated through with lightly golden edges and the flesh is soft. Remove promptly if the topping starts to blacken.
The garlic edges are pale golden and the soft flesh holds the sauce.
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