Eggplant Aubergine Avocado Salad Recipes

EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) & AVOCADO SALAD

Steps:

• Pare and dice eggplant.
• Place in a deep bowl and immediately cover with cold water and juice of 1 lemon.
• Whisk together oil, garlic, dulse flakes, pepper and juice of 1 lemon.
• Set aside.
• Peel and dice avocados.
• Place in bowl and toss immediately with juice of 1 lemon.
• Drain eggplant and combine with avocados.
• Add chopped onion.
• Whisk dressing again and add to mixture.
• Toss gently.
• Set aside for about 15 minutes.
• Chill if desired.
• Before serving, toss gently again and sprinkle with honey.

AUBERGINE SALAD

Steps:

• Soak sun-dried tomatoes in boiling water 15-30 minutes until they soften, then drain and dice; set aside until needed.
• Heat oil in a large skillet; add eggplant, red pepper, and onion along with salt, pepper, cumin, paprika, and garlic.
• Cook mixture, stirring occasionally, over medium heat, for 8-9 minutes or until lightly tender, then remove from heat and allow to cool.
• In a large bowl, mix together chopped olives, chopped sun-dried tomatoes, chopped parsley, toasted almonds, lemon juice, and mint (if using).
• Mix in cooled eggplant mixture, tossing lightly (add extra-virgin olive oil, salt, or fresh lemon juice if desired to adjust consistency to your taste).
• Serve salad warm or chilled with fresh pita bread, or alone as a salad or first course.

TURKISH EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) SALAD

Steps:

• With a fork, pierce skin of eggplant. Bake eggplant in a rimmed pan in a 400 degrees oven for 1 hour or until very soft; cool.
• Split in half and scoop out pulp into a bowl. Mash pulp with a fork.
• Mix in oil, lemon juice, garlic, green pepper and salt and pepper to taste. Cover and chill for 2 hours.
• To serve: Arrange romaine lettuce leaves on platter. Mound eggplant in center. Garnish with tomato wedges and fresh parsley.

ITALIAN EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Puncture eggplants with a fork and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake 1 1/2 hrs or until soft - turn occasionally.
• Cool. Peel and dice.
• In a large bowl combine remaining ingredients.
• Add eggplant and marinate at least 2 hours.
• Note: I used fresh parsley, basil and oregano.

ODESSA EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• pierce eggplant with in several places and bake on sheet for 50 minutes (turn midway through baking).
• after done cooking, let cool for an hour and peel skin off, slice eggplant lengthwish in half.
• drain out fluid and slice cut eggplant into pieces.
• in food processor, combine eggplant pulp, tomato,garlic,oil,vinegar, salt and pepper.
• cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• serve and enjoy with pita bread triangles or coctail rye bread.
• delicious.