Big Fat Greek Eggplant Aubergine Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Roast the eggplant over a gas grill for 25 minutes at 450 degrees.
• Place in a colander and allow it to cool. Puree the scallions, parsley, garlic and oregano in a food processor.
• In a separate bowl, combine lemon juice, red wine vinegar, some capers, tomato, chopped parsley and the herb mixture.
• Next peel away the skin of the eggplant revealing charred flesh on the inside; leave the seeds; in a lot of recipes they're called "the poor man's caviar.".
• Roughly cut up the eggplant, and combine it with the remaining ingredients.
• Lastly, add salt, pepper, lemon to taste. Serve the eggplant salad (hot or cold) on grilled bread.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Spray baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Cut eggplant into 1/2 inch thick slices; season with salt and pepper.
• Place eggplant on baking sheet; spray tops lightly with olive-oil spray.
• Bake at 400 degrees F. for 20 minutes, or until tender.
• In the meantime, simmer tomato sauce with basil, garlic, and oregano until heated through.
• Spread tomato sauce on eggplant; top with some chopped fresh herb, if you desire.
• Sprinkle with fat-free mozzarella; then cover with reduced-fat mozzarella.
• Bake 5-7 minutes more at 400 degrees F. or until cheese is melted (you may bake longer, or place under broiler if you like the cheese to brown).
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and serve.

Steps:

• Peel off a few strips of cucumber skin using a channel knife, creating a striped pattern. Cut cucumbers in half crosswise. Cut each half into quarters before cutting into 1/4- to 1/2-inch slices. Place into a colander; toss with some kosher salt and let sit for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut cherry tomatoes in half. Rinse cucumbers; drain thoroughly for 10 to 15 minutes more.
• While cucumbers are draining, slice onion thinly. Cut bell pepper into strips. Turn knife diagonally and cut strips into diamond-shaped pieces. Slice Kalamata and green olives.
• Combine cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, olives, and 2 tablespoons oregano in a bowl. Season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne. Sprinkle in vinegar and toss thoroughly. Drizzle in olive oil. Add about 2/3 of the feta cheese and toss again. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 to 60 minutes.
• Give the salad another mix. Taste and season as desired. Scatter remaining feta cheese on top and garnish with remaining oregano.

Steps:

• Wash eggplant, place in baking pan and bake in at 375F for about one hour, or until soft when pierced with a fork and the eggplant has sort of collapsed into itself.
• allow the skin to turn black and charred so as to give a smoky flavour to the salad (you can also grill the eggplant by putting them directly on the grate- whole- on your bbq. Grill until skin is blackened and charred and eggplant is very soft and starting to deflate. If you use the grill method- leave out the liquid smoke).
• Skin eggplant when cool enough for you to stand it and chop in small pieces. Mash it up a bit with a fork.
• Mix well with onion, garlic, tahini, oil, vinegar (start with 1 tblsp of vinegar and if you want it sharper, add more, a bit at a time), salt and pepper (to taste).
• Note: I kind of beat this around with a fork to incorporate the oil well into the eggplant spread- you don't want it looking oily at all, but creamy.

Steps:

• Bake pie crust according to direction on pkg.
• To make the filling, heat 3 tbsp of the oil in a frying pan and gently fry the aubergine slices for 6-8 minutes on each side until golden. You may need to add a little more olive oil at first, but this will be released as the flesh softens. Lift out the aubergine slices and drain on a plate covered with a few layers of kitchen paper.
• Add the onion and garlic to the oil remaining in the pan and fry over a gentle heat for 4-5 minutes until soft, adding a little extra oil if necessary.
• Chop the spinach finely, by hand or in a food processor. Beat the egg in a large mixing bowl.
• Add the spinach, crumbled feta, Parmesan, yogurt, milk and the onion mixture to the eggs. Season well with salt and pepper and stir thoroughly.
• Spread the cooked rice in an even layer over the base of the pastry case. Reserve about 8 aubergine slices - save the best ones as these will be placed over the top - and arrange the rest in an even layer over the rice.
• Spoon the spinach and feta mixture over the aubergines and place the reserved slices of aubergine on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes, or until lightly browned. Serve warm or cold, with a mixed salad.