Grilled Eggplant with Pomegranate

Ingredients

• 1 large eggplant
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• pinch of cracked pepper

Pomegranate Dressing

• 3 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon sumac
• pinch of salt

Garnish

• Seeds of half a pomegranate
• 1/4 cup walnuts, lightly crushed
• 1/2 cup mint leaves

Method

Preheat grill or grill pan to medium-high heat.

Place pomegranate dressing ingredients in a jar, lid on, shake well, then remove mint leaves, crush walnuts and put aside.

Cut both ends off the eggplant; slice eggplant widthways, into 1cm thick circles; mix the olive oil, salt and pepper in a bowl, then using a baking brush lightly coat both sides of the eggplant slices.

Grill until a lovely light golden brown colour, turn over and repeat.

When cooked place on a serving platter, drizzle pomegranate dressing and garnish with mint and walnuts.

Note: this recipe was demonstrated in Bernadette's class 'The Vegetarian Lebanese Kitchen', September 2017. It is reproduced with permission from Bernadette Cheet.

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