Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 7 Japanese eggplant, ends trimmed, cut into 1-inch wide slices
- 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts
- 3 ounces goat cheese, crumbled
- 1/3 cup basil, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons chopped mint
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Place a grill pan over medium-high heat or preheat a gas or charcoal grill. Drizzle the olive oil over the slices of eggplant and toss to coat. Grill the eggplants until tender and grill marks appear, about 3 to 4 minutes per side.
Place the eggplants side-by-side on a serving platter. Sprinkle with the pine nuts, goat cheese, basil, and mint. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper.
Cook's note: Plating the eggplant salad this way allowed the cheese to stay bright white. The salt and pepper showed up on it. The herbs remained green and fluffy. The grill marks on the eggplant were distinct.
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By stevie.g_11748968
Marietta, GA
on October 01, 2012
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Several layers of well balanced flavors and textures make the recipe a keeper.
By ARippey
on August 29, 2012
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I wanted so much to like this recipe. It looks great but the eggplant is mushy. I used a non-stick Forman grill and that helped not having so much oil absorbed but still, very, very mushy. Maybe if the eggplant had a marinara sauce on it instead. This was just awful.
By Luv2CookinUT
Herriman, UT
on August 23, 2012
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Simply delicious!!! The creamy goat cheese complemented perfectly with the toasted pine nuts, grilled eggplant and balsamic vinegar.
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