Recipe - Charred Eggplant

1 pound Ripe tomatoes; bases scored
1 ounce Butter
1 md Onion; chopped
1 tablespoon Sherry
1 teaspoon Sugar; powdered
2 tablespoon Tomato puree
4 md Eggplants
2 tablespoon Salt
3 tablespoon Olive oil
4 ounce Almonds; ground
2 small Red chiles; cut or sliced up
1 lg Bunch fresh coriander;
chopped
1 lg Lemon; juice only
2 ounce Parmesan cheese; grated

Put the tomatoes in a large bowl, cover with boiling water. Leave to stand
for 15 seconds, drain and peel off skins. Halve, remove seeds, chop

flesh.

Melt butter in a frying pan and fry onion for 3 mins. Add tomatoes, sherry,
sugar and puree. Stir well, cover, simmer for 5 mins. Season, set aside.

Cut eggplants lengthways into One fourth inch thick slices. Put in colander,
sprinkle all over with salt. Set aside for 20 mins. Rinse well under cold
running water, pat dry with kitchen paper. Arrange on greased baking

sheets and brush with olive oil. Broil under a high heat for 1214 mins,
turning once, until charred on both sides.

Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. For stuffing, stir together almonds,
chilies, coriander, lemon juice and parmesan. Season with salt.

Reassemble eggplants, fan out slices on 2 greased baking sheets. Spoon
stuffing over each eggplant fan and cook for 7 mins or until golden.

Meanwhile, put half tomato sauce in a food processor or blender, process
until smooth. Put smooth and coarse sauces into one pan and heat gently.

Lift eggplants onto warmed plates using a fish slice and drizzle a little
of the tomato sauce over each.
Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 232 by RecipeLu
recipelu@geocities.com on Nov 09, 1997