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Just roasted three monster sized eggplants - now what?


AmyS

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A mom at my kiddoes' dance studio is handing out eggplants with a desperation one usually sees in zucchini gardeners. These things are HUGE and gorgeous and I took three (gulp!). I roasted them, wrapped in foil. What's good to do with them?

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I just tried Eggplant Striata from Well Fed...loved it! My first time cooking eggplant, so that's all I've got!

Lots and lots of Baba ghanoush?

Thank you both, I will look at the recipes for both of those!

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Now roast a bell pepper. Pulse eggplant (peel it) with pepper. Puree tomato, add to the eggplant/pepper mush, shallot, garlic, salt, pepper, basil, olive oil. Favorite thing since childhood!

Or do it French way. Olive oil, onion, lemon and mint. Smth like this http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2010/07/eggplant-caviar-spread-caviar-daubergine-dip/

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Now roast a bell pepper. Pulse eggplant (peel it) with pepper. Puree tomato, add to the eggplant/pepper mush, shallot, garlic, salt, pepper, basil, olive oil. Favorite thing since childhood!

Or do it French way. Olive oil, onion, lemon and mint. Smth like this http://www.davidlebo...daubergine-dip/

OMG. That all sounds so good. I'll definitely be making baba ganoush (I really miss hummus but not the, err, end results if you know what I mean). But I need to buy more tahini; in the mean time, I have the ingredients for your favorite-since-childhood dip/sauce/whatever. I may be eating it directly out of the food processor bowl. Don't tell.

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There is a Persian stew made with eggplant and beef chunks. The basic ingredients are onion, garlic, tumeric, salt, pepper, beef, eggplant, dried limes, tomatoes, and tomato sauce.

There is a version made with yellow split peas (not sure if that is compliant?)

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There is a Persian stew made with eggplant and beef chunks. The basic ingredients are onion, garlic, tumeric, salt, pepper, beef, eggplant, dried limes, tomatoes, and tomato sauce.

There is a version made with yellow split peas (not sure if that is compliant?)

Yellow split peas are not compliant. But where do you find dried limes? That stew sounds yum.

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Amy, yes, licking fingers and the blender jar clean is a must! Eat my share, I am off nightshades for a while :))

Upd. Found my note for ratios. 3 eggplants - 3 peppers - 1 big tomato (I am sure diced from can work too) - 1/2 onion - 2 cloves garlic - 5 tbs olive oil. I don't use that much of oil usually. It will be hard, but it's best to if it sits in a fridge couple hours. Report back!

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Amy, yes, licking fingers and the blender jar clean is a must! Eat my share, I am off nightshades for a while :))

Upd. Found my note for ratios. 3 eggplants - 3 peppers - 1 big tomato (I am sure diced from can work too) - 1/2 onion - 2 cloves garlic - 5 tbs olive oil. I don't use that much of oil usually. It will be hard, but it's best to if it sits in a fridge couple hours. Report back!

Thanks for the ratios - I will use them for my next batch. Oh. my. gosh. That was GOOD. Turns out, I didn't have basil, so I sprinkled some cumin. Also, I forgot the tomatoes. But I just about ate my whole batch. Even dipped roast beef into it. And yeah, it didn't make it a couple of hours in the fridge! Haha

I have two more eggplants to deal with. I'm delighted to discover that I can treat them kind of like I treated beans for dip before. I always loved those flavors, but couldn't really tolerate the results. Eeps! Now I can eat those flavors and feel healthy. Though I suppose consuming all of it at once would be unadvisable. Must. restrain. self. (And THANK YOU!)

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Yellow split peas are not compliant. But where do you find dried limes? That stew sounds yum.

I buy them at the international food store. They are a Persian staple, but I imagine you could sub lime juice. The stew is called khoresh bademjan.

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