Baked Eggplant Appetizer
- 1 large eggplant
- 1 x olive oil
- 1 large onions peeled and quartered
- 3 each garlic cloves unpeeled
- 1 each sweet red bell peppers halved and seeded
- 1 teaspoon oregano fresh, chopped
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 18 teaspoon salt
- 18 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 ounces feta cheese crumbled
- 2 tablespoons parsley leaves fresh, chopped
- 1 x pita bread or crackers
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- Halve eggplant lengthwise.
- Brush all sides with olive oil.
- Place halves cut-side down on a baking sheet.
- Bake 25 minutes.
- Brush onion, garlic and red pepper with oil; add to eggplant.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender.
- Cool eggplant; scoop out flesh and place in a food processor or wooden bowl.
- Squeeze garlic pulp from skins, peel red pepper, and add to eggplant along with onion, oregano, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.
- Process or finely chop by hand.
- Do not puree.
- Mix in 3 oz.
- of the feta cheese.
- Spoon mixture into a serving bowl.
- Sprinkle remaining feta cheese around the edge of mixture; mound parsley in the center.
- Serve with pita bread or crackers.
- Yield: 6 to 8 servings.
eggplant, olive oil, onions, garlic, sweet red bell peppers, oregano, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper, feta cheese, parsley, pita bread
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/baked-eggplant-appetizer-3882 (may not work)