Greek Eggplant Dip Melitzanosalata
From symposio 16 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 4
This is a traditional Greek side dish which can be served with any meat, fish or vegetable dish. It is tradionally made with Greek strained yoghurt but can also be made with mayonnaise instead. Try both ways and see which you prefer - with mayonnaise it has a slightly thicker, richer taste. Read more See less
Ingredients
- 3 large eggplants shopping list
- 300g strained Greek yoghurt or mayonnaise shopping list
- 3 medium-sized cloves of garlic shopping list
- 2 tablespoonfuls extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- 1 lemon shopping list
- salt shopping list
How to make it
- Wash the eggplants and make a few deep cuts in their skin with a sharp knife.
- Bake them whole in a very hot oven for approximately 1 hour until the skin is burned and cracks if you tap it with your fingers. It is important to be burned because that gives a special smoky taste to the dip.
- Allow them to cool and cut them in two lengthwise.
- Scoop out the white flesh and try to remove the dark seeds.
- Put the flesh in a colander, add salt which will remove the bitterness from the eggplants and lemon juice which will help them to remain white.
- Allow them to stand and drain for an hour.
- Mash them as much as you can with the help of a fork, do not use a blender.
- Add the yoghurt (or mayonnaise), the crushed garlic and the olive oil and stir them well.
- Place them in a shallow bowl and decorate them with parsley leaves and a few drops of olive oil.
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What, a wonderful greek recipe I added it to the group A Tase of Eggplant.
Thank you for posting
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This is just wonderful, and looks really pretty too! Thanks to Trigger for posting it in "A taste of eggplant" group, that's where I found it.
juels
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Wow - I love Melitzanosalata. I've eaten it many times and look forward to making it at home using your delicious recipe. Great offering - thank you!! :) Vickie
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