Well, it doesn't get much easier than this.........
I was looking at the cover of Yotam Ottolenghi's fantastic cookbook, Plenty. And that eggplant dish on the cover looked really good. I'd had some success with other recipes in the book, so I thought I'd use his method for roasting the eggplant in the oven. I set the oven at 400. I had four medium small eggplant and cut them down the center. I then scored them, making sure not to cut all the way through the skin of the eggplant. I then placed the eggplant cut side up on parchment paper, brushed the slices with about a half cup of extra virgin olive oil, seasoned them with sea salt, pepper, and about a half teaspoon of dried oregano.
Roasted at 400 for about 40 minutes gave me this.
These were allowed to cool down completely and were then put away for the next day.
The recipe in the book uses lemon thyme in addition to the salt and pepper and tops with pomegranate and a buttermilk-yogurt sauce. I went with mixing a half cup of yogurt with two cloves of garlic confit. I topped with diced tomato and a good quality extra virgin olive oil. A slice of lemon provided the possibility of a bit more of an acid punch.
Doesn't get much easier than this........
ooh that looks tasty! (and very easy, my kind of cooking)
Posted by: kat | Tuesday, 26 June 2012 at 07:34 PM
LOL Kat! This one might be too easy for you!
Posted by: Kirk | Tuesday, 26 June 2012 at 08:20 PM
Wow, that is pretty easy! Perfect for a nice summer dish!
Posted by: caninecologne | Tuesday, 26 June 2012 at 08:50 PM
Oishii-sou!!! :) Can't wait to try this when the in-laws bring us some home grown Japanese eggplants.
Posted by: Kristy | Tuesday, 26 June 2012 at 11:21 PM
Hi CC - Yeah, the only drawback being running the oven on a hot day.
Hi Kristy! So nice to hear from you. This one takes almost no effort.
Posted by: Kirk | Wednesday, 27 June 2012 at 06:39 AM
we got that Plenty cookbook too (after reading about it on your site!). going to get hubby to make this now (he rules our kitchen). looks super yummy!
Posted by: dancing | Wednesday, 27 June 2012 at 07:54 AM
Yum, making this on the weekend. Thanks!
Posted by: Scott | Wednesday, 27 June 2012 at 11:51 AM
Hi Dancing - sounds like you got a man with a plan....and some cooking skills! I hope it turns out well.
Hi Scott - Thank you for taking the time out to comment. I'd be interested to see how it turns out for you.
Posted by: Kirk | Wednesday, 27 June 2012 at 06:43 PM