This week, we’re sharing a recipe for the eggplant and goat cheese galette from At Heart Panaderia.

Founded in 2021, you may already be familiar with baker Teresa Finney’s custom cakes and pastries, particularly her conchas. Earlier this year, Finney began supplying baked goods to Communidad Taqueria, the new Old Fourth Ward restaurant from Poco Loco chef and owner Nick Melvin.

Finney’s galette, an easier alternative to pie, uses one of the South’s most prominent summer crops: eggplant. If you’re looking for a recipe to use up all the eggplant still sprouting in your garden, look no further.

One need not be a skilled baker or cook to make a galette. Consider it the ragged, rustic cousin to pie.

For this recipe, quickly sautéed eggplants (use three to four small varieties or one large I

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