Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, mediterranean eggplant. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Mediterranean-Style Oven Roasted Eggplant Recipe Today's roasted eggplant recipe has Eastern Mediterranean roots, and in particular, Jerusalem. Typically, the eggplant is fried until it turns a charred brown (almost blackened), then finished with some warm Middle Eastern seasonings, fresh herbs and a generous drizzle of tahini. Cut up the eggplant into cubes or large bite-size pieces.
Mediterranean Eggplant is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Mediterranean Eggplant is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook mediterranean eggplant using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mediterranean Eggplant:
- Prepare 1-2 med eggplants
- Get 1 large garlic clove per eggplant
- Make ready 1 tsp regular salt per eggplant
- Prepare 1.5 Tb olive oil per eggplant
- Prepare Fresh chopped parsley.She didn't specify.Wanted flat.Found curly
- Take Fresh lemon juice
Place eggplant mixture in a food processor; process until blended. This recipe resembles baba ghanoush, a Middle Eastern eggplant spread. Our recipe features the non-traditional addition of tomatoes and onions. Like tomatoes and potatoes, eggplant, is a member of the night-shade family.
Instructions to make Mediterranean Eggplant:
- Using steamer basket (I got mine at a local hardware store in Black Mountain NC called Town Hardware & Gen. Store), and large pot, you will steam eggplants whole. Julia said steam 10 mins. Mine took more like 13 to be correctly cooked like she showed. You should be able to pierce eggplant easily all the way through.
- Set eggplant aside. Don't slice yet. Smash garlic and remove skin. Roughly chop. Using tip of a squarish knife, start mashing garlic for a minute. Add salt, continue to mash until paste starts to develop. Add O.O. Continue mashing into paste.
- Slice open eggplants lengthwise. Cut diagonal curves into eggplant. Spread paste onto all eggplant halves. Sprinkle with parsley and lemon juice if desired. Serve immediately.
Eggplant grows in a variety of shapes and sizes, from large pear-shapes to slender zucchini-shapes. A Mediterranean-style eggplant sauce for pasta that can be served with chicken for meat-lovers. Use good quality pasta, cheeses, and fresh herbs for best results. Serve with slivered or grated Parmesan. Once the grill is hot, put the eggplant on skin side down.
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