Baba Ganoush and Pita Crisps

Name: Baba Ganoush and Pita Crisps
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 680 grams (2 to 3 small) firm eggplant, halved lengthwise; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 lemon; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 59 milliliters pine nuts, lightly toasted; 2 bags pita crisps, any flavor (recommended: Stacys); 8 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 3 Tbsps tahini paste; 59 milliliters a generous handful, flat-leaf parsley

Baba Ganoush and Pita Crisps requires about 50 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This vegan recipe has 120 calories, 3g of protein, and 10g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of olive oil, pita crisps, garlic, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It is a very affordable recipe for fans of middl eastern food.

Instructions

Turn broiler on high.

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Broiler

Brush cut eggplant with olive oil on flesh side, drizzle over skin side. Season the eggplant with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Eggplant

Place flesh side down on nonstick baking sheet and leave under broiler 4 to 5-inches from heat until skin is charred and flesh is very tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Broiler

Scoop out eggplant flesh into food processor. Paste garlic with some salt mashing it with the side of your knife.

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Eggplant

Garlic

Salt

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Food Processor

Knife

Add garlic and the juice of 1 lemon to processor.

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Garlic

Juice

Lemon

Add parsley and tahini to processor and process until smooth. Adjust salt then transfer dip to a bowl and stir in half the pine nuts, garnish with remaining nuts. Surround the dip with pita crisps and serve.

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Pine Nuts