JAMIE OLIVER'S GRILLED VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Wash your vegetables.
• Heat the grill or griddle pan, put the whole peppers on and get them black on all sides.
• While still hot, put them in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and leave to cool.
• Slice the zucchini 1/4" thick and do the same to the fennel, reserving the herby tops.
• Grill the zucchini and fennel together on the grill for about a minute on each side, or until nicely charred. You don't want them too black or too raw.
• Remove to a clean dish towel in one layer, making sure they don't sit on top of each other or they will steam and get soggy.
• Cut the eggplant across into slices 1/2" thick.
• Grill the slices, turning 4 times to get the nice grill marks.
• Remove to the towel.
• Boil the baby leeks in salted water until they're just cooked.
• Drain and rub with a little olive oil, and grill until lightly marked.
• Peel the peppers and cut into strips.
• Put all the grilled vegetables into a big bowl.
• Take about 1/4 of the basil leaves and bash them with a mortar and pestle with a good pinch of seasoning until you have a smooth pulp.
• Add about 8 TBS of extra virgin olive oil and the vinegar, to taste.
• Pout this over the vegetables and toss quickly so that everything gets coated in the lovely basil oil, then throw in the remining basil leaves.
• Slice the garlic really thin to give you a delicate flavor and add to the bowl along with the fennel tops.
• Mix everything together, and serve on a large plate at room temperature.