Eggplant Caviar

Eggplant Caviar might be a good recipe to expand your side dish recipe box. This recipe makes 8 servings with 113 calories, 1g of protein, and 9g of fat each. For 62 cents per serving, this recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1148 people have tried and liked this recipe. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and lacto ovo vegetarian diet. If you have kosher salt, black pepper, eggplants, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Simply Recipes. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 50 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 67%. This score is solid. Try Eggplant “Caviar”, Eggplant Caviar, and Eggplant Caviar for similar recipes.

Servings: 8

Preparation duration: 5 minutes

Cooking duration: 45 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

2 medium globe eggplants (about 2 pounds total)

2 Tbsp minced fresh basil

3 cloves garlic

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon kosher salt

2 Tbsp olive oil

3 Tbsp high quality olive oil

1 medium red bell pepper

Equipment:

grill

knife

aluminum foil

oven

frying pan

broiler pan

broiler

stove

bowl

food processor

whisk

Cooking instruction summary:

1 Preheat oven to 400F. (Alternatively you can grill the eggplant, in which case, prepare the grill for medium high direct heat.)Slice the eggplants in half lengthwise. Score the cut side of the eggplants in a crosshatch pattern with a sharp knife, in lines about an inch apart. Poke the skin sides of the eggplants with the tines of a fork all over.Line a sheet pan with foil. Spread olive oil over the bottom of the sheet pan, and sprinkle evenly with salt. Place the eggplants cut side down on the foil lined pan. Place in oven and cook for 35 minutes, or until completely cooked through and very soft. If grilling, cut the eggplants in half lengthwise, and poke the skin sides with the tines of a fork. Brush the cut side with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Grill cut side down until lightly browned and cooked all the way through. If the eggplants brown too quickly, turn them over and finish the cooking on the skin side.Once the eggplants have cooled to the touch, peel off the tough outer skin and discard.2While the eggplant is roasting in step 1,roast the red bell pepper. There are three ways in which you can do this. Coat the bell pepper lightly with olive oil first. You can put the bell pepper under a broiler in a broiler pan and broil on all sides until the skin is completely blackened. OR you can place the bell pepper directly on the grates of a gas stove and roast over the open flame, until blackened on all sides. OR you can grill on high direct heat, turning, until blackened on all sides.Once blackened, place the bell pepper in a bowl and cover with a plate to steam for several minutes. Once the bell pepper has cooled to the touch, peel off the charred outer skin. Remove the stem and seeds.3 Place garlic, peeled eggplant, peeled roasted bell pepper in a food processor and pulse until smooth. 4 Transfer the eggplant mixture from the food processor into a large bowl. Whisk in the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, mincedbasil, and pepper.Serve with crackers, pita chips, crostini toasts, or for gluten-free option celery or cucumber sticks.

 

Step by step:


1. 1 Preheat oven to 400F. (Alternatively you can grill the eggplant, in which case, prepare the grill for medium high direct heat.)Slice the eggplants in half lengthwise. Score the cut side of the eggplants in a crosshatch pattern with a sharp knife, in lines about an inch apart. Poke the skin sides of the eggplants with the tines of a fork all over.Line a sheet pan with foil.

2. Spread olive oil over the bottom of the sheet pan, and sprinkle evenly with salt.

3. Place the eggplants cut side down on the foil lined pan.

4. Place in oven and cook for 35 minutes, or until completely cooked through and very soft. If grilling, cut the eggplants in half lengthwise, and poke the skin sides with the tines of a fork.

5. Brush the cut side with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Grill cut side down until lightly browned and cooked all the way through. If the eggplants brown too quickly, turn them over and finish the cooking on the skin side.Once the eggplants have cooled to the touch, peel off the tough outer skin and discard.2While the eggplant is roasting in step 1,roast the red bell pepper. There are three ways in which you can do this. Coat the bell pepper lightly with olive oil first. You can put the bell pepper under a broiler in a broiler pan and broil on all sides until the skin is completely blackened. OR you can place the bell pepper directly on the grates of a gas stove and roast over the open flame, until blackened on all sides. OR you can grill on high direct heat, turning, until blackened on all sides.Once blackened, place the bell pepper in a bowl and cover with a plate to steam for several minutes. Once the bell pepper has cooled to the touch, peel off the charred outer skin.

6. Remove the stem and seeds.3

7. Place garlic, peeled eggplant, peeled roasted bell pepper in a food processor and pulse until smooth. 4

8. Transfer the eggplant mixture from the food processor into a large bowl.

9. Whisk in the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, mincedbasil, and pepper.

10. Serve with crackers, pita chips, crostini toasts, or for gluten-free option celery or cucumber sticks.


Nutrition Information:

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113k Calories
1g Protein
9g Total Fat
8g Carbs
9% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
113k
6%

Fat
9g
14%

  Saturated Fat
1g
8%

Carbohydrates
8g
3%

  Sugar
4g
5%

Cholesterol
0.0mg
0%

Sodium
439mg
19%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
1g
3%

Vitamin C
22mg
27%

Manganese
0.33mg
16%

Vitamin K
16µg
16%

Fiber
3g
15%

Vitamin E
1mg
12%

Vitamin A
575IU
12%

Potassium
304mg
9%

Folate
33µg
8%

Vitamin B6
0.16mg
8%

Copper
0.11mg
5%

Magnesium
19mg
5%

Vitamin B3
0.91mg
5%

Vitamin B5
0.38mg
4%

Vitamin B1
0.06mg
4%

Phosphorus
34mg
3%

Vitamin B2
0.06mg
3%

Iron
0.46mg
3%

Calcium
16mg
2%

Zinc
0.25mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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