Summer
Side dish
Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Plant Based

Panfried Eggplant Recipe

This eggplant side dish is a classic Maggie recipe, offering fresh, in-season produce, garden-fresh herbs and her Verjuice.
Panfried Eggplant Recipe
Ingredients
Units
Units
900g medium eggplants diced
100g Preserved Lemons pith removed and finely sliced
250ml Verjuice
5ml fresh ginger finely sliced
1/4 cup flat leaf parsley chopped
1/2 tspn sea salt and pepper to serve
Methods
1
Dice the eggplant to a size of around one centimetre and toss with Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Set aside.
2
Place the finely sliced lemon in a little Verjuice to soak for 10 minutes.
3
Heat a large frypan and, over a high heat, add the eggplant a little at a time so the pan is not too crowded, or the eggplant will stew. Cook at high temperature until the eggplant is caramel brown in colour and soft to the touch. Deglaze each batch with some of the Verjuice and remove from pan. Using absorbent paper, wipe the pan out between each batch. On the last batch, add the ginger and strained lemon so that they caramelise. Deglaze as per the other batches.
4
When the eggplant has cooled slightly, add the parsley and toss through before serving.
5
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