Baba Ganoush with Pine Nuts

Name: Baba Ganoush with Pine Nuts
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: eggplant; lemon juice; salt; garlic; sesame seeds; sour cream; italian parsley; pine nuts; olive oil

Submitted by sunnye

This was FANTASTIC!! I am not a huge fan of eggplant, but I recently tried baba ganoush at a restaurant. I really, really liked it so I had to find a recipe to try at home. This was a huge success. Very easy recipe to make and very, very tasty!!

YIELD

8 servings

PREP

5 min

COOK

30 min

READY

35 min

Ingredients

1 ½

POUNDS EGGPLANT

TABLESPOONS LEMON JUICE

TEASPOON SALT

TEASPOONS GARLIC
minced fresh

TABLESPOONS SESAME SEEDS

SOUR CREAM
or yogurt, optional *

CUP ITALIAN PARSLEY
chopped

CUP PINE NUTS
toasted, optional

TABLESPOONS OLIVE OIL

Directions

Preheat oven to 400℉ (200℃).

Prick eggplant all over with a fork.

Bake whole until tender (about 30 minutes).

Remove from oven, halve and scoop out the flesh.

Blend in a food processor with the lemon juice until smooth.

Mash the salt and garlic together and combine with the eggplant, along with the tahini.

Cool and stir in the parsley and pine nuts.

Before serving, drizzle with the olive oil.

Serve as a dip with tortilla chips or triangles of flat (pita) bread.

* not incl. in nutrient facts

Comments

Nutrition Facts

109g

Amount per Serving

Calories 128 77% of calories from fat

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 11g 17%

Saturated Fat 1g 6%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 298mg 12%

Total Carbohydrate 3g 3%

Dietary Fiber 4g 15%

Sugars g

Protein 5g

Vitamin A 4% • Vitamin C 12%

Calcium 5% • Iron 7%