Roasted Whole Eggplant Recipes

ROASTED EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Pierce the skin in several places. Roast on a baking sheet until soft, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool. Slice eggplants open, and scoop out flesh.

ROASTED WHOLE EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Rinse the eggplant, and place on hot grill directly. Cover grill. After 7 minutes, turn the eggplant to other side and leave for another 7 minutes. Cover. Then turn to the remaining two more side, and make sure the skin gets charred. Once the skin is charred allover and the eggplant is cooked thoroughly (20 minutes of grilling on a hot grill should be more than enough to cook it very well, but individual grills may vary. Just make sure it is cooked very well, and is very soft to the touch). Peel and chop red onion into very small dice. Do the same with the tomato (you may want to blanch the tomato in hot water and peel and deseed it, but you may chop it as is.) Make very thin slices of the chili pepper, and roughly chop the cilantro. In a bowl, peel off the charred skin of the eggplant and discard. Slice off the stem and discard. Mash the rest of the eggplant with a heavy spoon. (You may discard heavy skeins of seeds if you find those unpleasant). Then mix in the chopped onion, tomato, pepper and cilantro. Add salt to taste. Drizzle the mustard oil on top, and mix well. Serve at room temperature.

ROASTED EGGPLANT WITH GARLIC AND HERBS

Steps:

• Put the eggplant pieces in a large colander and sprinkle all over with the 2 tablespoons kosher salt. Set in the sink to drain for about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Put a baking sheet in the oven to heat for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, peel and finely chop the shallot and garlic, and push to the side of the cutting board. Chop the parsley, then draw the shallots and garlic in with the herbs and chop them together, until finely chopped. Stir the aromatics and walnut oil together in a serving bowl.
• Toss the purged eggplant with the olive oil and pepper. Carefully remove the hot baking sheet from the oven and brush or drizzle with olive oil. Spread the eggplant out on the pan and return to the oven. Roast until the eggplant is tender yet firm and rich brown, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven, toss with garlic and herbs. Serve right away or at room temperature.

ROASTED EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450ºF. Cut the stem and calyx off the eggplant, and cut in half lengthwise. Score large eggplants down the middle with the tip of a knife, being careful not to cut through the skin. (Japanese eggplants and other small eggplants needn't be scored.)
• Cover a baking sheet with foil and brush the foil with extra virgin olive oil. Place the eggplant on the foil, cut side down. Place in the oven and roast large, fat eggplants for 20 to 25 minutes (depending on the size). Roast small narrow Japanese eggplants (and other varieties) for 15 minutes, or until the skin has begun to shrivel, the edges and cut surface are browned, and the eggplant has softened but it hasn't collapsed.
• Remove from the oven and use a spatula to detach from the foil if the eggplant is sticking (if a thin surface of browned eggplant stays behind, don't worry). Place the eggplant halves cut side down on a rack set over a baking sheet, or in a colander. Allow to cool and drain for 15 to 30 minutes.

BASIC ROASTED EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Cut eggplants into 1-inch cubes; divide between 2 rimmed baking sheets.
• Dividing evenly, drizzle with olive oil, coarse salt, and ground pepper; toss to coat. Spread in a single layer; roast, turning once, until golden and tender, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool on sheets.

SPICY ROASTED EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a shallow baking pan with cooking spray.
• Toss eggplant with Italian seasoning, garlic powder, cayenne, salt, and pepper in the prepared baking pan. Cover with foil.
• Roast in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Remove foil and reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Add tomato sauce and cook for 15 more minutes.

ROASTED EGGPLANT SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Brush olive oil over both sides of each eggplant slice. Arrange eggplant slices onto a baking sheet.
• Cook eggplant slices under the broiler until tender and lightly browned, about 5 minutes per side.
• Toast split rolls under the broiler, cut sides up, until lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir yogurt, cheese, and garlic together in a small bowl until smooth; spread onto the rolls. Divide eggplant slices between the rolls; add tomato slices and basil to complete sandwiches.