Recipe: Grilled Eggplant

[jducoeur]

Scarcely even counts as a recipe, given how simple it is, but it's worth noting because it is *so* good. Thanks to my father for the suggestion.

Take an eggplant. (We did it with the round purple-and-white ones. No idea what they're called: the guy at the farmer's market simply named them "purple".) Slice it fairly thin -- quarter-inch slices or so. Brush on olive oil on both sides (I'm experimenting with flavored oils, which are proving interesting), and sprinkle with a bit of pepper and a dash of kosher salt.

Grill on direct high heat, pretty quickly -- 2-3 minutes per side, until each side has very dark grill marks. Serve immediately, and enjoy...

Comments

[dagonell.livejournal.com]

"Direct high heat" Around here that's called the BBQ grill! Get your coals hot. Lay down a sheet of aluminum foil (so the olive oil doesn't drip down into the coals) Slice up: eggplant, green and yellow zukes, peppers of assorted colors, big mushrooms and onions. Brush on olive oil. Let grill. Flip 'em over and do it again. Pepper. Salt. Serve. Name: Grilled Veggies!
-- Dagonell

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Doesn't the aluminum foil prevent the eggplant from losing moisture on that side, and result in sort of a steamed effect?

[jducoeur]

Same idea, different details. I use a gas grill, and for the eggplant I don't seem to need the foil. Dad uses a fine mesh grate for this recipe, but the eggplant retains enough integrity that it's basically redundant...

Yum!

[the-resa.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely going to try that very soon! Always looking for good veggies for the BBQ. My current fav is corn in the husk.

In other news, I am currently working on a wee gift for you. It should be done by the end of the week, and soon after in the mail. It is an experiment -- I'm trying to learn how accomplish light against darkness in a picture, so it'll either turn out very cool, or just okay. But I'm shooting for very cool. And ... I am having MUCH fun working on it today.

Hope you're having a great day,
Teri

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[jducoeur]

Neat! Now you're got me really curious. Glad to be able to provide an excuse for fun. (Things are generally going well here, although I'm still recovering from Pennsic sleep-dep.)

And hope you like the eggplant. I think it's delish, and even my wife (who is not a big fan of the stuff) approved of this preparation. And it's about as easy as you could possible ask for...

Re: Yum!

[the-resa.livejournal.com]

Easy cooking is always good! :)
BTW -- I have a "work in progress" page up for the piece, so you can see how it's coming along.
http://www.teriwood.com/challenderwood/doodles.html

Re: Yum!

[jducoeur]

Oooh -- pretty...

Re: Yum!

[the-resa.livejournal.com]

(grins) Thankies -- and much fun to do. There should be another picture or two up tonight or tomorrow. Would'a been this morning but the Uncle stopped by and spent the evening with us.

And -- tried your recipe! Neither Jatina or myself had ever had eggplant before, but oh my, it was good! We plan to make more tonight. :) Thanks so much for the tip!