Baked Eggplant with Goat Cheese, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Pumpkin Seed Pesto, and Chopped Hazelnuts
Appetizers • Latvian
Description
Recipe taken from the book 'Taste Geography. Latvia' by John Smith.
Ingredients
- Eggplants 2 pieces
- Olive Oil 15 fl oz
- Ocean salt to taste
- Ground Black Pepper to taste
- Goat cheese 10 oz
- 10% cream 5 fl oz
- Meyer Lemon Juice 0 fl oz
- Hazelnut 0 oz
- Parsley to taste
- Pea shoots to taste
- Marinated cherries 5 oz
- Pumpkin seed oil 5 oz
- White Balsamic Cream 0 fl oz
- Olives stuffed with lemon to taste
- Fresh basil leaves 0 oz
Step-by-Step Guide
Step 1
To prepare sun-dried tomatoes, cut the tomatoes in half, season with salt and pepper, and dry in the oven at 175°F for 3 hours.
Step 2
For the pumpkin seed pesto, blend all ingredients (250 ml of olive oil, pumpkin seeds, white balsamic vinegar, a pinch of salt) in a blender.
Step 3
To prepare the 'soil', dry the olives in a combi oven for 25 minutes and blend them.
Step 4
For the green oil, blend the remaining olive oil with the herbs.
Step 5
Mix the goat cheese with the cream and add the lemon juice.
Step 6
Cut the eggplants in half lengthwise, score the flesh in a grid pattern, drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper. Bake in the oven at 355°F for 15 minutes.
Step 7
To serve, place the hot baked eggplants on a plate, garnish with the cheese-cream mixture, sun-dried tomatoes, drizzle with pumpkin pesto, green oil, sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts, pea shoots, and the olive 'soil'. Garnish with herbs.
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