Author Notes
The traditional topping of pomegranates add a lovely unexpected freshness to the warm smoky eggplant and not to mention the added nutritional impact. So worth the effort of having to peel the pomegranates —whomadethehummus
Ingredients
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2 cups
Roasted Eggplant
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1 cup
Good Tahini
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1/2 cup
Freshly squeezed Lemon Juice
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3
Glove of Garlic
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Generous drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
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1
peeled pomegranate
Directions
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Start with three nice sized eggplants. Let me just say color makes a difference here.
The dark purple aubergines are the ones you want to use for this recipe. I enjoy all species but the lighter ones don’t hold up to this type of roasting.
Score each vegetable with a fork three or four times and place them on a hot grill. Let them roast for at least 45 minutes
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Once good and charred on both sides remove the eggplant and scoop out the creamy pale innards
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Add the eggplant, garlic and tahini together and blend with a hand blender or electric blender. Add lemon, salt and blend
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Plate it by smoothing it out on a nice Platter
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Give it a good drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and a generous topping of Pomegranate seeds and that’s it! So easy and delicious,
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