Poor Man's Caviar: Eggplant Spread

Name: Poor Man's Caviar: Eggplant Spread
Prep time: 27 min
Cook time: 27 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 whole grain baguette or other long crusty bread, sliced at bread counter; 10 servings Coarse salt and black pepper; 1 medium firm eggplant; 1 handful flat-leaf parsley tops; 1 clove garlic, cracked away from the skin; 2 pinches ground allspice; 10 servings A drizzle extra-virgin olive oil

Poor Man's Caviar: Eggplant Spread is a vegan condiment. This recipe makes 10 servings with 204 calories, 3g of protein, and 15g of fat each. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up grain baguette, garlic, a drizzle olive oil, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 27 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to highest setting, at least 500 degrees F.

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Oven

Cut 2 or 3 slits into whole eggplant.

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Eggplant

Place eggplant directly on the oven rack in the middle of the oven and roast the eggplant until it is tender, about 20 minutes. Keep the slits facing up so that the eggplant does not loose liquids as it roasts.

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Eggplant

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Oven

The roasted eggplant will look like a flat tire when you remove it from the oven. Using a sharp utility knife, carefully peel skin away from eggplant flesh.

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Eggplant

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Knife

Oven

Add cooked eggplant flesh and juice to food processor and combine with garlic, allspice, salt, and pepper and parsley. Pulse grind the eggplant into a paste, add a drizzle of olive oil.

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Olive Oil

Allspice

Eggplant

Parsley

Garlic

Pepper

Juice

Salt

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Food Processor

Transfer to a serving dish. The seeds of the eggplant will make the spread resemble caviar eggs, and so the name: poor man's caviar.

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Eggplant

Caviar

Spread

Seeds

Egg

To serve, surround a bowlful of spread with crusty bread rounds.

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Crusty Bread

Spread

Mixed olives and selections of Italian sheep's milk cheeses are suggested accompaniments to this menu to round out your buffet. They require no recipe or preparation and add something to the offering overall.

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Sheep Milk