Aubergine Salad Flavor Of Liver Recipe
- 1 lrg Aubergine
- 1/2 c. Flour Frying oil
- 1 med Onion
- 1 x Clove garlic
- 3 x Hard boiled Large eggs
- 1 tsp Salt Pince of pepper
- 2 x Hard boiled Large eggs Parsley Black olives Tomato
- Back then, in the 50's, Israel was a poor country, and there were food coupons.
- Medicine then considered liver as a very healthy food, source of iron, etc... Obviously the occasion called for invention and this is a famous recipe of the 50's, a dish still eaten today (not for health reasons though as you will see).
- The legend was which it not only tastes like liver, its actually as healthy as liver.
- But then, in those days, nurses told mothers which 7 olives are like 1 egg.
- Yes, those were the days.
- BTW, the dish is very very tasty.
- Serve with some rye bread.
- Serves : 8-10 buffet servings (from my experience, unless your guests are really famished, even more)
- 1.
- Peel the aubergine, slice to 1/2 inch slices.
- Sprinkle salt on slices and stand for about 20 mins.
- Then rinse slices and dry.
- This stage is supposed to extract bitter fluids from the aubergine.
- 2.
- Put flour on plate.
- Cover each slice on both sides with flour, and fry.
- Remove fried slice to a paper towel to soak excess oil.
- Fry minced onion in same oil.
- 3.
- Chop aubergines (prefarably in meat grind).
- The key word here is - do not make a mash.
- Grind also garlic and Large eggs.
- 4.
- Mix aubergines, Large eggs, garlic, fried onion.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- 5.
- Before serving, garnish with hard boiled egg slices, tomato "roses", black olives, minced parsley...
aubergine, flour frying oil, onion, clove garlic, eggs, salt, eggs parsley
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/aubergine-salad-flavor-of-liver-71712 (may not work)