- 4 eggplants
- 1 big onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- olive oil
- salt, pepper
This is one of the best spreads at all. Don't let you fool by the boring colour - it's amazing. Go ahead, you eggplant lovers.
First
the eggplants have to be baked. Put them in the oven as they are, just
cut the skin once or twice with a knife or they could explode in your
oven. This happened to me many years ago and you don't want to a have a
oven full of eggplant slobber so please avoid this. In a gas oven at gas
mark 6-7 they need around 30 minutes. Once they're very soft and done,
let them cool completely.Then cut them into halves and scrape out everything you get off the skin with a table spoon.
Finely chop the onion and smash the garlic. Fry in 2-3 table spoons olive oil until translucent. Then add the baked eggplants and stir for another 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, you can also add a tiny bit of lemon juice.
Blend everything with a handheld blender until smooth.
This spread is already very good when it's still warm. The best thing is to put in the fridge and wait until it's completely cool. Enjoy on white bread, baguette or whatever. Out of the above-mentioned ingredients I got a tiny bit more than 1 and 1/2 cup of spread.
