Baba Ganoush
Baba Ganoush takes about 45 min and serves 6. It needs 8 ingredients: aubergine, tahini, garlic, lemon, olive oil, and parsley. It is rated easy to make.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Serves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Easy
Ingredients
- 3 large aubergines
- 4 tbsp tahini
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed to a paste
- juice of 1 lemon
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- a handful of parsley, chopped
- 1 tsp sumac
- salt, to taste
Method
Char the aubergines
Blacken them whole directly over a gas flame or under a fierce grill, turning until the skin is burnt all over and they have collapsed. The smoke is the entire dish — an oven-roasted aubergine gives you a pleasant purée and nothing more.
20 minDrain
Split them open and leave the flesh in a colander for twenty minutes. Aubergines hold a surprising amount of bitter water, and left in it the dip is thin and sour.
20 minMix by hand
Chop the flesh and beat in the tahini, garlic, lemon and salt with a fork. A food processor turns it into a pale, gluey emulsion — texture matters here.
Finish
Spread on a plate, pool olive oil in the middle, and scatter with parsley and sumac.
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