Baba Ganoush is very low effort if you have a food processor.
Slice a large eggplant in half and place face down in a glass pan.
Add a tablespoon or two of oil.
Sprinkle various spices on top.
- garlic powder
- paprika
- red chilli powder
- salt and pepper
Cover dish and bake for an hour at 350°F. (Edit wrong letter before oops C and F make a difference LOL) Skin should be a bit blackened and shriveled. At this point you can leave it in the oven with heat off to let it further roast and cool down.
Take out, let it cool, and uncover when ready to start.
Pick up the halves the inner will be super soft and ready to slide right out of the skin with the help of a spoon. Scoup it all into the food processor. A little skin going in is fine. Adds flavour.
If there is juice in the dish you can pour that in too, or add a tiny amount of water to the dish to pull some of the spice mix out and add to processor.
Add 2 fresh cloves of garlic, a half a pealed lemon, a table spoon of oil.
Toast a layer of sesame seeds in a six or nine inch skillet (lightly oiled). And add those to the processor. You can buy tahini if you don't want to deal with toasting seeds.
Blend it till garlic and seeds are smoothed into the paste. Add salt and pepper to taste.
This makes a ganoush with deep flavour, it won't be like the pale white looking ganoush you see at some stores.
Just watched Marco make this last night, awesome recipe thanks!