California Farm Baba Ganoush

Name: California Farm Baba Ganoush
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 Ping Tung eggplants, half pound each; 4 hardneck garlic cloves; 1 meyer lemon; 2 Tbs olive oil; 1/4 Tsp each cilantro, aleppo pepper, anise seed, celery seed, coriander seed, flaked seasalt; 2 Tbs tahini paste, from 2 Tbs roasted sesame seeds, 2 Tbs fresh sesame seeds, Tsp sunflower oil, Tsp olive oil, 1/2 Tsp flaked seasalt; 1 Tbs Parsley garnish; Serve with pita bread

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

This is my one-thousand’s Cookpad recipe, 897 family recipes and 103 cook snap recipes. This one is dedicated to the people of Lebanon. Thank you cookpad member Mohaddeseh for posting the legend of the Baba Ganoush recipe.
Here in California, we have the same recipes for jewish eggplant salad Salat Hatzilim as well as Baba Ganoush.
We make ours with home grown Ping Tung purple eggplants from Taiwan, they fit perfectly under my broiler and do not taste bitter.

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

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Ingredients

30 min cook, 60 min chill

2 people

4Ping Tung eggplants, half pound each
4hardneck garlic cloves
1meyer lemon
2 Tbsolive oil
1/4 Tspeach cilantro, aleppo pepper, anise seed, celery seed, coriander seed, flaked seasalt
2 Tbstahini paste, from 2 Tbs roasted sesame seeds, 2 Tbs fresh sesame seeds, Tsp sunflower oil, Tsp olive oil, 1/2 Tsp flaked seasalt
California Farm Tahini
1 TbsParsley garnish
Serve with pita bread
California Farm Pita Bread
Equipment: broiler or open flame stovetop, glass bowl, fork
Cost: eggplant farm free or 50 cents at the farmers market, other $1, 75 cents per person

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Steps

30 min cook, 60 min chill

1

Roast Ping Tung eggplants in oven, 425F degrees. Cut big ones in half lengthwise, rub fleshy side with olive oil, bake thinner ones whole.
2

Broil till skin splits, about 15 minutes. Rest 5 minutes to allow internal cooking to finish. Scoop out eggplant flesh, mash with fork. Skins make great chutney.

California Farm Eggplant Skin Pickles and Chutney
3

Toast spices in dry cast iron pan, add to eggplant flesh. Toast white sesame seeds to make tahini.
4

Crush sesame seeds when fragrant and toasted, mix with oils and salt to make tahini.
5

With fork, mix tahini, garlic, chili, cilantro, lemon juice and salt. Then mix with egg plant flesh. Chill an hour in fridge before serving. Serve drizzled with olive oil and pita bread.

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

on November 04, 2024 08:54

California, United States

I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.