Baba Ghanoush

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 aubergines (eggplants)
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 3 ounces tahini (85g)
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 ounce fresh mint (15g)
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 prick the aubergines/eggplant seveeral times with a fork.
• 2 either: preheat the oven to 375f/190c and roast the aubergines for 30-40 minutes until they are soft and the skin is blackened. or: roast the aubergines over a barbecue, turning frequently, until they are soft and the skin is charred.
• 3 allow the aubergines to cool.
• 4 when cool, half the aubergines, scoop out all their flesh and discard the skins.
• 5 put the flesh in the food processor with the garlic, lemon juice, tahini, olive oil and mint, and blitz until the mixture is puréed.
• 6 season to taste with salt and pepper.