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Aubergine and Tomato Salad
This Lebanese salad, known as batenjene raheb, is both beautiful to look at and delicious.
- Preparation time: 20 minutes
- Cooking time: 45 minutes to 55 minutes
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Total time:
1 hour 5 minutes
to 1 hour 15 minutes
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 3 aubergines
- ½-1 lemon, juiced
- 2-3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 20g flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- 4 sprigs of mint, chopped
- 4 salad onions, finely sliced
- 4 tomatoes, diced
- ½ pomegranate, seeds (optional)
Method
- Prick the aubergines with a knife. For a smoky flavour, turn them over the flame of the gas hob or under the grill, until the skin is charred and they feel soft when pressed. Otherwise, place them on a foil sheet on an oven tray and roast in the hottest preheated oven for 45-55 minutes until the skins wrinkle and they are soft. When cool, peel off the charred skin and drop into a strainer or small-holed colander. Press out as much of the juices as possible. Chop the flesh and mash it with a wooden spoon, letting the juices escape.
- Mix the aubergine with the lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper, parsley and mint. Spread the purée on a serving plate. Sprinkle with finely sliced salad onions, diced tomatoes and, if using, the pomegranate seeds.
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This recipe was first published in Thu Jun 01 01:00:00 BST 2006.
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