Roasted eggplant with goat cheese

Name: Roasted Eggplant with Goat Cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Side Dish
Ingredients: 2 baby eggplants, washed; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 1 bunch fresh thyme; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 16 oz can pre-cooked black lentils; 1/4 cup fresh parsley with tender stems; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 2 tablespoons olive oil; pinch salt; pinch pepper; pinch red pepper flakes; 60g goat cheese; 2 tablespoons roasted pine nuts, for garnish (optional)

Written by Gourmet de Paris

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April 7 2021

Written by Gourmet de Paris

Goat's cheese can be eaten as a dessert in a salad but also as a hot starter and it's really good!

Roasted Eggplant with Goat Cheese

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Servings

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Author:

bromabakery.com

This Roasted Eggplant with Goat Cheese, Lentils, and Thyme recipe uses healthy, simple ingredients to make a delicious and filling dinner. It’s an easy to make recipe that you’ll want to add to your dinner recipe rotation. The quickest way to elevate (almost) any vegetable is to roast it. And eggplant is no exception! In this recipe, we'll show you how to roast eggplant in the oven so each piece is plump and juicy on the inside, and beautifully caramelised on the outside. Never again suffer through a tray of mushy mess!

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Ingredients

2 baby eggplants, washed
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 bunch fresh thyme
1/2 teaspoon salt
16 oz can pre-cooked black lentils
1/4 cup fresh parsley with tender stems
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
pinch salt
pinch pepper
pinch red pepper flakes
60g goat cheese
2 tablespoons roasted pine nuts, for garnish (optional)

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Directions

Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Slice eggplants in half lengthwise. Score the eggplant flesh in a criss-cross pattern, being careful not to cut through the skin. Drizzle all over with olive oil, using your fingers to rub it into the flesh of the eggplant.
Place eggplant halves flesh side up on baking tray. Pick off roughly 2 tablespoons of thyme leaves from the thyme bunch, and sprinkled evenly over the eggplant. Sprinkle with salt.
Bake eggplants for 40-50 minutes, until golden brown and just beginning to char. Once out of the oven, allow eggplants to cool slightly before topping with remaining ingredients.
While eggplants are cooking, assemble the rest of your ingredients. In a medium bowl, mix together lentils, parsley, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Use the backside of a fork to crush the lentils, so that about half are mashed ever so slightly. The goal is to get the lentils to stick to each other so that they don’t fall off of the eggplants later on. Set aside.
Top your warm eggplants with a few spoonfuls of lentils. Crumble the goat cheese over the lentils, then finish with pine nuts and micro greens to garnish!