Roasted Eggplant Dip<\/span><\/h1>\nIngredients <\/strong>(serves 6-8)<\/span><\/p>\n1 large (700g) eggplant<\/span><\/p>\n2-3 garlic cloves, skin on<\/span><\/p>\n2-3 tablespoons lemon juice<\/span><\/p>\n2 tablespoons tahini (sesame seed paste)<\/span><\/p>\n1 1\/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil<\/span><\/p>\n3 green onions, finely chopped<\/span><\/p>\n1 tablespoon chopped flat leaf parsley, to garnish<\/span><\/p>\nGenerous pinch paprika, to serve (optional)<\/span><\/p>\nMethod<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n\n- Preheat oven to 200\u00b0C. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Place eggplant and garlic on baking tray lined with baking paper. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Cook for 35 to 40 minutes or until eggplant is soft. Set aside to cool for 15 minutes. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Cut eggplant in half lengthways. Using a metal spoon, scoop out flesh and coarsely mash or chop. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Squeeze flesh from garlic into a small bowl. Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice, tahini, 1 tablespoon oil and salt and pepper. Mash with a fork until well combined. Stir into eggplant and add green onion. Taste and add extra lemon juice, if preferred. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Spoon dip into a bowl. Sprinkle with parsley and paprika with a drizzle of remaining oil, to serve.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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On ABC NSW radio EGGPLANT – a vegetable or fruit Eggplants, like tomatoes, are thought of as a vegetable, but are technically a fruit. Eggplants, also known as aubergine or brinjal (Solanum melongena) are a member of the nightshade family and are related to potatoes and tomatoes. Buying & storing Choose eggplants with firm flesh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,7,59],"tags":[110,109,93,141,51],"class_list":["post-749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking-tips-hints","category-radio-food-segments","category-vegetables","tag-aubergine","tag-eggplant","tag-food-information","tag-fruit","tag-vegetable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigidtreloar.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigidtreloar.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigidtreloar.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigidtreloar.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigidtreloar.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/brigidtreloar.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1164,"href":"https:\/\/brigidtreloar.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions\/1164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigidtreloar.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigidtreloar.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigidtreloar.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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