Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, aubergine balls. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Aubergine balls is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Aubergine balls is something which I have loved my entire life.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook aubergine balls using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Aubergine balls:
- Get 2 large aubergines
- Take 1 cup crushed toasted bread (any type)
- Prepare 5 tbsp crushed walnuts
- Take 1/3 cup hard goat's cheese (like greek graviera)
- Prepare 2 tsp finely chopped parsley
- Take 1 medium egg
- Take 1 cup extra virgin olive oil for shallow frying using a large pan
- Get 1 clove grated garlic
- Prepare 2 tbsp sea salt and black pepper
- Get dip
- Take 1 cup half frozen strained light yoghurt
- Prepare 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- Prepare 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Prepare 2 tsp dried mint
Roll each ball in breadcrumbs and place them on the baking sheet. Blitz the aubergine mixture in a food processor with the lemon juice, zest, breadcrumbs and a small handful of roughly chopped basil leaves. Mix everything but the breadcrumbs when eggplant is cool. Then add breadcrumbs and mix until you get the consistency you want to form the balls.
Steps to make Aubergine balls:
- Wash the aubergines and slice them in 3 cm cubes.Boil them for 10 minutes in salted water.Then drain them and squash them to remove any excess water.
- Add all ingedients in a large bowl and mix them with your hands until the mixture feels similar to that of meatballs. If it feels less dense you can add more crushed toasted bread or flour. Then form with your hands balls of 3 cm in diameter.
- Heat the oil and shallow fry until golden or for 5 minutes on each side.
- Dry the balls on adsorbent kitchen paper and serve with the yoghurt dip.
- For the dip: Mix all ingredients until an even dip results.
- NOTE: If you are allergic to nuts you can substitute the walnuts with the same amount of crushed toasted bread . You can also use gluten free toasted bread. Finally the egg can be omitted in a special diet and the goat's cheese can be replaced with a soya hard cheese.
Turn halfway through baking to ensure even browning. Spray the aubergine halves generously with oil, then put them cut-side up in a large roasting tin with the garlic, coriander and cumin seeds. Set aside to cool a little. Mix cheese, parsley, eggs, and bread crumbs into eggplant. Stir with a wooden spoon or your hands until ingredients are thoroughly combined and mixture can be rolled into balls.
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