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Grilled Eggplant Dip

Servings 6 servings

Equipment

  • Grill
  • food processor

Ingredients
  

  • 2 eggplants
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • 3 teaspoons tahini sesame seed paste
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • pita bread toast points for serving

Instructions
 

  • prepare the eggplant by adding garlic into the eggplant. this may be analogous to 'barding' meat with bacon. In essence we are barding the eggplant with toes of garlic..
  • grill the eggplant face down. after a good bit of char, rotate and place on the top shelf of the grill and let it bake until there is plenty of char and the eggplant is very soft.
  • peel the burnt skin off the eggplant.
  • coarsely puree the eggplant and ingredients.
  • serve with the toast points