Baba Ghannouj

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown

Show: Good EatsEpisode: Berry From Another Planet

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (23)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(23)

Cook Time:
30 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
1 cup

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 30 min
Total:: 40 min

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Ingredients

1 eggplant
2 cloves garlic
2 ounces fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons tahini
1/2 bunch parsley, leaves only
Salt and pepper

Directions

Pierce some holes in the skin of the eggplant (to avoid explosion) and grill over medium-high heat turning every 7 minutes, until the skin is blackened and the body is nice and soft. Total time for grilling is about 30 minutes. If you do not have a grill you can roast your eggplant in a 375 degree F oven for about 30 minutes.

Remove eggplant from the grill and let cool.

Once the eggplant is cool enough to handle, peel away the skin and discard. Place the eggplant flesh in a colander and drain for 10 minutes. In a food processor, combine garlic, lemon juice, tahini and parsley and pulse to combine. Add the eggplant flesh. Season with salt and pepper and pulse to combine. Adjust the flavor with more Tahini or lemon juice if you prefer. If it's bitter, some sugar or honey will help. Research shows that the white variety of plant is sweeter in flavor.

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recipe Baba Ghannouj
Becca Springfield, MO 11-03-2009
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Here's the recipe from the show
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

First let me say I didn't make this exact recipe, so my rating doesn't carry any weight. Next, here's the actual recipe from... the show: 2 cups roasted eggplant, 2 cloves of garlic, 3/4 tsp salt, 5 tbs lemon juice, 4tbs tahini, 1/2 sprig parsley. Salt & pepper to taste, few drops of honey if it's too bitter for you. Follow recipe as normal, except: wrap eggplant in saran wrap when cool. Cut off calyx and squeeze meat into colander. Drain for 30 minutes. Add parsley after other ingredients are blended. I hope this all makes sense. I'll edit if people are having problems.Read more
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Anonymous 07-08-2008
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Surprise
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

although it didn't quite taste like it was supposed to, I modified and turned out ok.
recipe Baba Ghannouj
Celia McKinney, TX 03-23-2008
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Ratios off
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

For 1 eggplant I cut the amount of garlic, lemon and tahini in half, and I drastically reduced the amount of parsley. It... tasted fine, but it was still quite lemony and herbaceous. I hate giving anything with AB's name on it a bad review; his recipes are usually fool proof.Read more
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Chad Marathon, WI 12-08-2007
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Excellent
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

The hit at all of my parties.
recipe Baba Ghannouj
tania miami, FL 09-22-2007
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easy, fast and cheap
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This is delicious. If you place the garlic in the slits in the eggplant and roast in the oven, the garlic gets roasted as... well and makes it even betterRead more
recipe Baba Ghannouj
Christine Putnam Valley, NY 09-02-2007
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If you like hummus you'll like this.
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was very easy and very delicious for something that doesn't contain any added fat. The tahini was tricky to find but... eventually found it next to the peanut butter. I recommend everyone to give it a try.Read more