The fastest and most delicious appetizer of eggplant with garlic is prepared in the oven! Yes, yes, you didn’t hear me - it’s very fast, and there’s no grease or splashes on the stove from the frying pan, try it!
1:910 1:920We will need
1:9572-3 eggplants
1-2 onions
2-3 cloves of garlic
2 tbsp. spoons tomato paste or ketchup
greens to taste
Preparation:
1:1188Cut the eggplants into slices and place them on a baking sheet, covering it with food paper, add salt and a brush, after dipping them in vegetable oil, grease each piece.
Place the eggplants in the oven for 7-10 minutes, heating it to 200 degrees.
While the eggplants are fried until golden brown, fry the onions with garlic and tomato paste.
Remove the eggplants from the oven and place the resulting mixture on top and sprinkle with chopped herbs.
In this way, eggplants are fried without splashing and a beautiful blush is guaranteed!
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Spicy eggplant rolls (quick, easy and delicious!)
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Ingredients:
- 1 eggplant;
- 2 tomatoes;
- 50 grams of mayonnaise;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
— 30 grams walnuts;
- 40 milliliters of vegetable oil;
- parsley, salt;
Preparation:
Without peeling, cut the eggplant into thin slices with a sharp knife.
Add salt and let stand for about five minutes to remove the bitterness.
2:1271Hot vegetable oil fry on both sides and place on a paper napkin, allowing excess oil to be absorbed.
2:1508Peel and squeeze the garlic through a garlic press, mix with mayonnaise.
2:131Lubricate the eggplant slices with mayonnaise on one side, place a sprig of parsley and a tomato slice, and roll up.
2:362Place the rolls on a plate, sprinkle with dried crushed walnuts, and garnish with parsley sprigs.
2:570 2:580Turkish eggplant
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Turkish eggplants are very easy to prepare and are a pleasure to serve. Everyone who has tried such eggplants then looks for a recipe for their preparation. I am sharing the recipe with you.
3:1450 3:1460Ingredients:
3:14913 pcs. - eggplant
3 pcs. - large tomatoes
3 pcs. - carrots
1 bunch - parsley
100 ml. - vegetable oil
salt
black pepper
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Preparation:
3:44Wash the eggplants and cut them straight with the skin into fairly wide slices across.
Add a little salt and leave for 40 minutes to release the bitterness.
Then rinse the plates in cold water.
Grate the carrots on a coarse grater.
Cut tomatoes and onions into small cubes.
Mix onions, carrots and tomatoes, then fry in vegetable oil until tender, season to taste.
After this, I fry the eggplants on both sides.
Fried vegetables are placed on each piece of eggplant.
Then you need to transfer the plates to a baking sheet, connecting them together.
Drizzle a little vegetable oil on top and place in the oven.
Bake for 10-15 minutes at 185 degrees.
This is how easy it is to prepare eggplants in Turkish! All that remains is to sprinkle them with any herbs. Very tasty and healthy snack it worked! Be sure to try it!
3:1574 3:9Spicy appetizer of eggplant with tomatoes and cheese.
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I suggest this one simplest recipe spicy eggplant appetizer - everything is simple, clear and in 20 minutes you can start eating :) How spicy it will be depends only on you, you just need to increase or decrease the amount of garlic in the recipe.
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4:1142Eggplants - 2 pcs.
Any hard cheese - 150 grams
Tomatoes - 3-4 pcs.
Garlic 2-3-4 cloves
Salt
Mayonnaise
Preparation:
4:1373Cut the eggplants into rings, add salted water and leave to soak for 15 minutes.
Cut the tomatoes into rings.
Grate the cheese on a medium grater, and squeeze the garlic into it, passing it through a garlic press, mayonnaise, and mix thoroughly, you can add basil and not much lemon juice.
Now take out the eggplants, let the water drain and fry them in large quantities oil, on each side, up to golden color. Place them on a strainer to remove excess oil and begin to “stuff”
Spread the cheese-garlic mixture on the eggplant and cover with the tomato - EVERYTHING!!!
You can decorate with a sprig of parsley or an olive berry, delicious snack Eggplant with tomatoes will please everyone. You can serve it with any side dishes or as separate dish with a piece of black bread, having previously toasted it in the toaster.
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Eggplant rolls with nuts.
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Anyone who loves eggplants will definitely appreciate this appetizer. I will add to this that this dish can also be prepared for the holiday table. Today I made the filling from nuts, and sometimes instead of a nut I put a tomato. Quite simple and tasty...
5:1050 5:1060Cooking method:
Cut the eggplants lengthwise into thin slices.
Soak them in salt water.
Fry in a frying pan with a minimum amount of fat (oil).
Dip each piece with a napkin (to remove excess fat).
Preparing the filling:
Grind the nuts, add garlic, grated cheese and a little mayonnaise. Mix well.
If you like your appetizer to be spicy, add more garlic.
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Finish cooking:
Take a plate of eggplant and grease it a little with mayonnaise.
Place the filling on one edge of the plate and roll the eggplant into a roll.
Appetizer eggplant with tomatoes
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Take the eggplants and cut them into slices, add salt and leave for 30 minutes so that the bitterness goes away (you can soak the eggplants in milk).
6:1139 6:1149Preparing the eggplant filling
- grate cheese and garlic on a fine grater, add mayonnaise and mix everything.
When the time is up, wash the eggplants cold water, dry and fry in vegetable oil.
Blot off excess oil and place on a plate. Lubricate with the prepared mixture, then place the tomatoes, put the filling on the tomatoes again and sprinkle with finely chopped herbs. Great snack!
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Georgian eggplant rolls
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An incomparable eggplant appetizer - tasty, spicy, a little spicy! My family really loved these rolls. As soon as the season begins, I cook this dish all the time. My husband is absolutely delighted! This appetizer would look great at festive table.
7:1080 7:1090Products
7:1114eggplants - 2 pcs.
hard cheese - 50 g
walnuts (kernels) - 70 g
garlic - 2 teeth.
Georgian adjika - 0.5 tsp.
mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l.
salt - to taste
parsley - for decoration
vegetable oil - for frying
Preparation:
Wash the eggplants, remove the stems. Cut into thin long slices along the entire eggplant.
Place the eggplant slices in a bowl, sprinkle with salt and leave for 30 minutes.
Pour vegetable oil into a heated frying pan. Place the eggplants in a colander to drain the liquid, and then fry in a frying pan with butter on both sides until golden brown (do not overfry, they will become dry and difficult to roll).
Place the fried eggplant slices on a napkin or paper towel to remove excess fat.
Grate the cheese onto fine grater(any one will do) hard cheese), peel the garlic and pass through a press, chop the walnuts in a blender. Place everything in a deep bowl, add mayonnaise and mix the mass well.
Lightly grease each eggplant slice along its entire length. Georgian adjika. Place a spoonful of nut-cheese mixture on the edge and roll it up. Place the finished rolls on a plate and garnish with parsley. You can also garnish with chopped hot pepper. The deliciousness is incredible!
An eggplant appetizer, just a few years ago, was only canned preparation. However, today there are several dozen options for preparing snacks from fresh eggplant.
Moreover, such snacks can be prepared in completely different roles. For example, very tasty eggplant rolls with cheese. Can you stuff eggplants with delicious food? meat filling. However, eggplant sandwiches also turn out great. In a word, if you use a little imagination, the eggplant appetizer will be incredibly tasty.
And in order not to spoil the appetizer, you need to check the eggplant for bitterness before cooking. Eggplants with a bitter taste are very common. And to get rid of excess bitterness, you need to sprinkle the eggplant pieces with salt and leave for 15 minutes. Rinse well afterwards.
How to prepare an eggplant appetizer - 16 varieties
This snack is made in the likeness of one of the most popular Chinese dishes. Very tasty and tender.
Ingredients:
- Eggplants - 5 pcs.
- bell pepper- 5 pieces.
- Nuts - 100 g
- Oil
- Peanut sauce
- Garlic
Preparation:
Peel the garlic and cut each clove in half. Place the garlic in a frying pan with oil.
This technique allows you not only to enjoy subtle aroma garlic during the preparation of this salad, but also gives a very interesting flavor.
Peel the pepper from seeds and cut into cubes. Peel the eggplants and cut into thin slices. Fry the peppers and eggplants separately on garlic oil. Mix vegetables with nuts and nut sauce.
This salad can also be sprinkled with sesame seeds.
Bon appetit.
To surprise guests with an original appetizer, you don’t need it instantly. By the way great option snacks.
Ingredients:
- Eggplant - 1 kg
- Nuts - 150 g
- Bread crumb- 1 - 2 tbsp.
- Garlic - 2-3 teeth.
- Greenery
- Mayonnaise
Preparation:
Cut the eggplants into thin slices. To remove excess bitterness from the eggplants, sprinkle them with salt and leave for 20-25 minutes. Finely chop the greens. You can take any greens: dill, parsley, cilantro, etc. In a blender, mix mayonnaise, a little herbs, 2 tablespoons of water, garlic, hot peppers. Add nuts and remaining greens to the resulting mixture.
If the mass is not dense enough, add bread crumbs to it.
Fry the eggplants on small quantity oils Before frying, pat the eggplants dry with paper towels. After the eggplants have cooled completely, coat them with our mixture. Let's roll up the eggplants.
Bon appetit.
Very spectacular appetizer, which scatters in a matter of minutes.
Ingredients:
- Eggplants - 2 pcs.
- Tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- Philadelphia cheese - 200 g
- Garlic
- Parsley
Preparation:
Mix cheese with finely chopped parsley and grated garlic. Mix well and leave to brew. Cut the eggplant in half and cut into thin slices. Fry the eggplants in olive oil. When the eggplants are browned, place them on a paper towel. While the eggplants are cooling, prepare the tomatoes. For tomatoes, cut off the tops. Remove the core with a spoon. Cut the tops in half and cut into thin slices. Let's coat the tomato molds cheese spread. We collect a flower. Lay out the eggplants in a chain, lay the tomatoes on top and brush with cheese. Roll it up into a tube and place the flower on top of the tomatoes.
This appetizer can be prepared for a holiday for your favorite guests, or you can please your loved ones.
Ingredients:
- Eggplants - 2 pcs.
- Walnut - 50 g
- Olive oil - 1 tbsp.
- Cottage cheese- 200 g
- Basil-100g g
Preparation:
Cut the eggplants into 0.3 cm thick slices.
Sprinkle the eggplants with salt so that they release all the bitterness.
Let's fry walnuts in a frying pan without oil. Finely chop the nuts.
Chop the basil.
Mix the cheese with butter, garlic, nuts, and herbs. Mix everything well.
Fry the eggplants in oil. Then place the eggplants on a paper towel. After the eggplants have cooled, place a spoonful of the cheese mixture on the eggplant and wrap it in a roll.
Bon appetit.
A simple appetizer for the table, made from simple and affordable vegetables.
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes - 8 pcs.
- Eggplants - 6 pcs.
- Garlic - 4 heads
- Vegetable oil - 50 ml
Preparation:
Peel the garlic and cut into large pieces. Mix garlic with salt. Cut the eggplants in half and cut off the stem. We make vertical cuts in the eggplants.
We stuff the eggplants with garlic and place them vertically in the pan. Cut the tomatoes into small cubes. Place tomatoes on eggplants. Place the pan with vegetables on the fire for 20 minutes. Then add oil, salt and pepper, add sugar and return to the heat for another 20 minutes. Let the pan cool, then put it in the refrigerator for a day.
Bon appetit.
Eggplant rolls are the most common snack. We present to you another option for preparing rolls.
Ingredients:
- Eggplants - 5 pcs.
- Hard cheese - 1 pc.
- Pistachio - 100 g
- Garlic - 3 teeth.
Preparation:
Traditionally, we start preparing rolls by processing the eggplant. Cut off the stem and cut into thin slices. If you have a bitter variety of eggplant, it is better to sprinkle them with salt.
Fry the eggplants in oil. Remove from heat and place eggplants on a napkin. While the eggplants are cooling, prepare the filling. Three cheese on a fine grater. Pass the garlic through a press. Finely chop the dill. Chop the pistachios. Mix cheese, dill, garlic and nuts with mayonnaise. Place the cheese mixture on the eggplant slices. Roll up the eggplants.
Bon appetit.
A fabulous appetizer for a fabulous table.
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes - 2 pcs.
- Cucumber - 1 pc.
- Eggplant - 1 pc.
- Cheese - 100 g
- Olives - 1 jar
Preparation:
In addition, this snack will require bread for a base. Wash the eggplants, dry them and cut them diagonally to make thin slices. oval shape. Cut the cucumbers into the same shape. Cut the olives in half. Three cheese on a fine grater. Mix cheese, garlic and mayonnaise.
Let's prepare the eggplants. Dip them in flour and fry in a little oil.
Cut the tomatoes into thin slices. Place the eggplant on the bread and coat it cheese sauce, then tomato, then cucumber, and finish with olives.
Bon appetit.
A very simple and at the same time original appetizer.
Ingredients:
- Eggplant - 1 kg
- Pepper - 3 pcs.
- Dill - 1 bunch
- Parsley - 1 bunch
- Garlic - 4 teeth.
Preparation:
Slice the eggplants large pieces. Fry the eggplants in oil. We clean the pepper from seeds. Place chili pepper, bell pepper, sugar, salt, 9% vinegar, herbs, garlic into a blender and chop well. Pour the resulting mixture over the eggplants. Mix well and place in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
Bon appetit.
A delicious snack for mushroom lovers. Yes, yes, exactly mushrooms. Although it doesn’t appear in this recipe.
Ingredients:
- Eggplants - 1 kg
- Dill - 1 bunch
- Garlic
- Sugar
- Vinegar 9% - 150 ml
Preparation:
Wash the eggplants well and cut off the stem. Then cut into cubes. Finely chop the dill. Pour salt into a saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Then pour in the vinegar and add the eggplants. Cook for 6-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Place the eggplants in a colander. Place the colander in a bowl, fill it with oil, add dill and garlic. Cover with a plate and leave for 12 hours.
Very tasty and spicy snack for home gatherings.
Ingredients:
- Eggplants - 3 pcs.
- Bell pepper - 3 pcs.
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Garlic - 3 pcs.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Vinegar 70% - 1 teaspoon
Preparation:
Cut the eggplants into strips so that each piece has skin. Salt the eggplants well and put them in the refrigerator for 8 hours. We rinse the eggplants in water, squeeze them well, and put them in a separate salad bowl. Cut carrots and peppers into thin strips. Cut the chili pepper into small pieces. Cut the onion into feathers. Finely chop the garlic. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and fry the eggplants. When the eggplants are ready, transfer to a sieve to drain the oil. Heat the oil left after the eggplant again and fry the coriander in it, hot pepper and onions. As soon as the onion has become a little softer, add the carrots. Mix all ingredients and mix well. Season the salad with pepper, vinegar, soy sauce and honey. Finally add chili pepper and garlic.
Place the salad in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
Bon appetit.
This snack is good at all times of the year.
Ingredients:
- Eggplants - 1 kg
- Lemon
- Coriander
- Black pepper
- Garlic
Preparation:
Place a sheet of paper on the sheet. Place the eggplants on a sheet and place in the oven for an hour.
Then take out the eggplants and separate them from the peel. Chop the eggplants. Add grated garlic. Ground coriander and pepper. Finely chop the cilantro. Mix everything and season with lemon juice and olive oil.
Bon appetit.
To make the appetizer especially tasty, prepare it in the fall, when all the vegetables have just come out of the garden.
Ingredients:
- Eggplant - 2 pcs.
- Tomato - 2 pcs.
- Bell pepper - 4 pcs.
- Onions - 2 pcs.
- Garlic
- Sugar
- Vinegar
Preparation:
Cut the eggplants into small cubes. We clean the bell pepper from seeds, remove the stalk and cut into cubes. Cut the onion into half rings. We also cut the tomatoes into half rings. Cut the garlic into thin slices. Fry the eggplants in a small amount of oil. Remove the eggplants from the pan and fry the peppers in it. Mix a glass of water with sugar, salt and wine vinegar. Mix everything well.
Place the vegetables in a deep salad bowl in layers:
- Eggplant
- Pepper
- Tomatoes
- Dill
- Garlic
Fill everything with the prepared brine. Cover the salad with a heavy plate.
Leave the salad for 8 hours.
Bon appetit.
A very original snack made from simple and affordable products.
Ingredients:
- Eggplants - 1 kg
- Carrots - 2 pcs.
- Walnuts- 50 g
- Sugar - 2 tbsp.
- Vinegar - 2 tbsp. l.
- Onion - 2 pcs.
- Garlic
Preparation:
Peel the eggplants and cut them into half rings. Sprinkle the eggplants generously with salt and leave for 20 minutes. Fry the eggplants in oil on both sides. Finely chop the walnuts. Peel the carrots and grate them in Korean. Cut the onion into rings. Cut the garlic into slices. Mix all the vegetables.
Let's prepare the marinade.
Mix sugar, vinegar, oil and salt. Pour marinade over vegetables. Mix everything well. And leave it in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
Bon appetit.
Sandwiches are the most popular snack today. Each housewife prepares different options to diversify the menu. Here's another option.
Ingredients:
- Loaf - 1 pc.
- Eggplant - 1 pc.
- Tomatoes - 2 pcs.
- Bell pepper - 1 pc.
- Sausage - 300 g
- Mustard - 1 tsp.
- Soy sauce - 40 ml
Preparation:
Cut the loaf into thin pieces. Cut the eggplants into small cubes. Cut the pepper into small cubes. Fry the eggplants and Bell pepper on butter. A couple of minutes before it’s ready, add soy sauce. We also cut the sausage and tomatoes into cubes. Coat each piece of loaf with mayonnaise. Place the filling on the loaf. Three cheeses on a coarse grater. Sprinkle the sandwiches with cheese and place them in the oven for 5 minutes.
Bon appetit.
Spicy, juicy, spicy, in a word, very tasty.
Ingredients:
- Eggplants - 2 pcs.
- Tomatoes - 4 pcs.
- Bell pepper 1 pc.
- Walnut - 50 g
- Garlic
Preparation:
Cut the eggplants into thin slices.
If the eggplants are bitter, salt the eggplants well and leave for 20 minutes.
Then fry the eggplants in a small amount of oil on the grill or in a frying pan.
Cut the peppers into small cubes.
Pass the garlic through a press and mix with mayonnaise. Finely chop the nuts. Finely chop the grain. Cut the tomatoes into circles.
Grease the eggplant slices with mayonnaise sauce. Sprinkle with nuts and herbs. Place a circle of tomato and a couple of pieces of pepper. Roll up the eggplants.
Serve to the table and enjoy a simple and tasty dish.
This dish can be served on its own. The main thing, but you can also use it as a snack.
Ingredients:
- Eggplants - 2 pcs.
- Chicken - 200 g
- Tomatoes - 2 pcs.
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Bell pepper - 1 pc.
Preparation:
Cut off the stems from the eggplants, place the eggplants in a saucepan, pour warm water and cook until soft for about 10 minutes.
Finely chop the onions, tomatoes and peppers. Fry the vegetables in a small amount of oil. In a separate pan, fry the finely chopped chicken. Fry the chicken until done. Cut the cooled eggplants in half. Now carefully remove the core. Squeeze out the excess juice from the core and chop finely. In the resulting boat we put the eggplant pulp, chicken and vegetables, garlic, herbs, pepper, croutons, after mixing everything well. Grind the cheese on a fine grater and sprinkle it on the boats. We send the boats to the oven.
Eggplant appetizers, or rather, the recipes for their preparation number in the hundreds, if not thousands. They can be piquantly spicy and even “nuclear” or, on the contrary, very tender and soft in taste. The variety of tastes is so great that absolutely anyone can choose the right eggplant appetizer for themselves. Moreover, each family has its own special recipe with their " culinary secrets" Therefore, do not be surprised that eggplant snacks are so different for every housewife.
What can they do with eggplants? They are boiled, steamed, fried, baked, pickled, fermented, and canned. Each of the options for preparing a vegetable correlates with the reason for which these same eggplants are cooked. So, for example, pickled and pickled eggplants go wonderfully with vodka, while eggplants baked with vegetables can even become a separate dish on an everyday or holiday table, but fried eggplant will become great addition with any potato side dish.
As we mentioned earlier, there are a lot of recipes for making eggplant snacks, and if you decide to find a new one original snack, then we got to the right place. In this section you will find a lot original dishes. Moreover, all recipes are provided not only detailed descriptions the cooking process, but also step-by-step photos. So figuring out how to prepare this or that snack won’t be too difficult.
When starting to prepare this or that snack, keep in mind the fact that eggplants can taste bitter. So take advantage a little trick. Already chopped vegetables should be salted and left for some time (usually 15-20 minutes). As a result, the eggplants should release juice, which will remove all the bitterness. By the way, it is believed that such manipulation will reduce the amount of oil absorbed when frying the vegetable. In addition, in order to remove bitterness, eggplants can be soaked for 20 minutes in warm salted water.
Now knowing basic rule working with eggplants, you can safely go to the kitchen to accomplish culinary feats.
By the way, do not be mistaken that eggplant snacks are the prerogative of Slavic peoples, in particular, Russians and Ukrainians. In fact, they have been prepared all over the world for hundreds of years. In the table below, you can find information about what other cuisines contain eggplant snacks.
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World cuisine |
Name and description of the dish |
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Azerbaijani |
Turshi are boiled eggplants, which are cut into large cubes and mixed with chopped garlic and cilantro, and then poured with either vinegar or a specially prepared marinade. This snack can be preserved for the winter. |
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Arabic |
Mutabal, Mutabbal, Babaganush - this appetizer is eggplant puree with white yogurt and lemon juice, garlic, and also with the addition of sesame and olive oil. Usually served as an appetizer, but, for example, in Egypt it can also be served as a side dish. |
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Armenian |
Ailazan – eggplants baked in the oven with other vegetables: potatoes, onions, peppers, tomatoes. In this case, the vegetables are laid out in layers. Eggplants go first. The layers are sprinkled with salt and spices, and also sprinkled with olive oil. |
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Bulgarian |
Manzha - caviar made from eggplant and vegetables such as bell peppers, carrots, tomatoes, onion and garlic. |
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Greek |
Moussaka is a casserole cream sauce, consisting of eggplant, meat or minced meat and tomatoes. Melizanosalata - paste (dip sauce) from eggplants baked in the oven with onions, garlic, olive oil and lemon juice. May be present additional ingredients, depending on the variation of the recipe. Melidzanes papoutsakya or “eggplant shoes” are eggplant halves stuffed with minced meat, baked with cheese and cream sauce. |
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Georgian |
Eggplant satsivi is fried eggplant slices, drenched in thick sauce from walnuts and spices. Mtsvadi in eggplants – represents whole eggplant, in which transverse cuts are made. Pieces of lamb are inserted into them. Then the eggplant and meat are fried over coals. |
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Spanish |
San Jacobo - consists of two slices of eggplant, between which cheese and ham are placed. Then the eggplant is breaded in eggs with spices and breadcrumbs and then fried in oil. |
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Italian |
Parmigiana - this dish is eggplant fried in batter tomato sauce with the addition of a mixture of cheeses (parmesan and mozzarella). Caponata is a snack of Sicilian origin, which is fried eggplant with vegetables, to which the following products can also be added: raisins, capers, nuts, octopus tentacles. |
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Korean |
Heh or Khwe from eggplants is a snack made from specially marinated eggplants. |
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Tatar |
Imam-baildy is a delicious dish borrowed from Turkish cuisine, which is a kind of “vegetable tower” in which slices of baked eggplant are interspersed with fried vegetables (peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic). |
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Turkish |
Paltikan Salatasi – appetizer salad made from baked and then pureed eggplants. Kurdan kebab – meatball, wrapped in baked eggplant slices and stewed in tomato paste. |
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Uzbek |
Dudlyash - eggplants baked over coals (on the grill), with sweet peppers and tomatoes, seasoned with olive oil and a mixture of herbs and garlic. |
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French |
Terrine is a vegetable snack cake. |
Of course, the list of cuisines around the world that use eggplants is far from exhaustive, as is the list of dishes. You can find more eggplant appetizers in the step-by-step photo recipes given in this section.
Eggplants on the festive table
Eggplant appetizers for the holiday table are quite common, since from this vegetable you can prepare not only a tasty, but also an “elegant” dish that will become a real decoration for the table. For example, the Peacock Tail appetizer is just such an option. Looks amazing and tastes even better! Your guests simply won’t be able to refuse this snack. However, you can post delicious vegetable and in any other form, the main thing is to show your imagination. Although to peek interesting photos You can find recipes on our website.
All kinds of rolls, envelopes, eggplant boats will also look original on the festive table, in which you can place the most various fillings: meat, chopped meat, minced vegetables, cheese-garlic mixture and much more. You can also prepare original snack cakes based on eggplant.
So, eggplants on the festive table - a variety of shapes and tastes, which will diversify the menu of dishes for any celebration and will be a pleasant addition to it. As for preparing such snacks, as a rule, this process is not particularly labor-intensive, and therefore you do not have to spend too much time in the kitchen cooking.
Canned snacks for the winter
Preparing eggplant snacks for the winter is a question that interests millions of housewives, because canned eggplants are surprisingly tasty. This is an opportunity to preserve your favorite vegetable and enjoy it even in the cold season. At the same time, the variety of recipes will amaze even the most experienced gourmet. Eggplants are covered for the winter whole (empty or stuffed), in circles, longitudinal slices, cubes, sticks, or even as a puree. In this case, the snack can be spicy or, on the contrary, very delicate in taste. Eggplants can be preserved solo, supplemented with spices and marinade, or with other vegetables, for example, peppers and carrots.
Whichever option canned eggplant you choose, they will fit wonderfully on an everyday or holiday table. But they will help you decide exactly how to preserve this vegetable for the winter. step by step photos recipes in this section.
Cold eggplant appetizers not only serve as an ideal decoration for the holiday table, but also represent a rather hearty dish, which is served to guests along with salads (before a hot lunch). To give you a detailed idea of how such products are created, let’s look at two different options their preparations.
1. Eggplant recipes: with tomato and mayonnaise sauce
Required Ingredients:
- refined - 135 ml;
- wheat flour - ½ cup;
- medium-sized young eggplants - 2 pcs.;
- low-fat mayonnaise - 160 g;
- small fresh garlic - 2 cloves;
- medium red tomatoes - 5 pcs.;
- Russian cheese - 200 g;
- table salt - 1/3 of a small spoon.
Cooking process
Cold and tomatoes are prepared quite easily and quickly. To do this, you need to wash all the mentioned vegetables, peel them from the stalks, and then chop them into circles 1.5 centimeters thick.
To give this snack dish more aromatic taste and beautiful appearance, the eggplants need to be fried a little in oil (vegetable). To do this, the product should be flavored table salt, roll in flour, and then place in a very hot frying pan. After both sides of the vegetable become brown, they should be removed from the saucepan and blotted with a paper napkin to completely remove the fat.
Also, cold eggplant appetizers require separate preparation. aromatic sauce. To create it, you need to grate hard cheese and garlic on a small grater, and then mix them thoroughly with mayonnaise. Next you need to start shaping the dish. To do this, place the fried eggplant slices on a flat plate and place on their surface mayonnaise sauce in the amount of one full dessert spoon and then cover the appetizer with a slice of tomato.
2. eggplant with herbs and nuts
Required Ingredients:
Cooking process
Cold appetizers from eggplant with herbs are made slightly differently than the method described above. The main vegetable needs to be cut lengthwise into thin slices, coated with flour, and then fried on both sides in vegetable oil. After this, you need to grind the peeled walnut into coarse crumbs, add chopped dill and parsley, grated garlic and cheese, and low-fat mayonnaise. Next, the resulting aromatic paste should be distributed over the surface of the eggplant plate, rolled into a tight roll and secured with a toothpick or skewer.
How to serve correctly
Cold and other ingredients should be presented to guests on a flat plate, decorated with lettuce, parsley, dill sprigs, as well as olive slices or lemon slices.
There are always several categories of dishes on the festive table, and it all starts with hot and cold snacks. They are predominantly vegetable - well suited for this fresh eggplants. How to cook them correctly and quickly, and is it possible to make delicious food with them? winter preparation?
How to cook
Underneath this general concept, according to professionals, almost any dish based on blue ones can be hidden. Salads, pickled vegetables, rolls, small sandwiches, caviar, stuffed halves, with and without heat treatment. The only thing that remains constant is that the preparation of the eggplant appetizer is mostly short-lived, and the dish itself is simple in terms of ingredients. It can be served both hot and cold.
Preparing food for cold dishes and snacks
For most components, no special manipulations are required, but the main component of the snack requires special attention:
- First of all, remove the stem from the eggplants, cut them according to the recipe and salt them generously.
- When the juice comes out, they need to be rinsed very well.
- Afterwards, the pieces should be thermally processed: fried, baked or boiled. They are not eaten raw.
Recipe
Thanks to the ideas for using and serving blue ones discussed below, you will be convinced that an eggplant appetizer can be absolutely anything. In addition to dishes that are immediately served to the table, it can also be a winter preparation, and some varieties are so nutritious that no additions are needed. Here you will definitely find your recipe, and photographs of the final result will help you decide.
Rolls
One of classical methods make it simple tasty dish with blue ones, which can be served as an appetizer - rolls. For the filling, take any components - from sausage, meat or fish to vegetables and unsweetened fruits, cottage cheese, cheese. If the combination of meat and mushrooms given below is too heavy for you, you can make eggplant rolls with only vegetables and the addition of fried/stewed mushrooms. Such a snack will look just as good on the table.
Ingredients:
- eggplants – 2 pcs.;
- chicken breast – 150 g;
- frozen mushrooms – 100 g;
- vegetable oil;
- bulb;
- a bunch of dill;
- salt, ground pepper.
Cooking method:
- Chop the onion and fry until transparent. Add chopped mushrooms. Cook until the liquid evaporates.
- Chicken breast Boil in salted water. You can throw any spices there for more bright taste meat. Cool, cut into cubes.
- Wash the blue ones and cut them lengthwise into long strips. Add salt. Let stand for half an hour. Rinse.
- Mix the ingredients of the filling (mushrooms, onions, chicken, dill), place on the edge of each eggplant “path”. Roll up the roll and secure with a toothpick.
Salad
This snack belongs armenian cuisine and is famous for the simplicity of its preparation. A short list of products, an easy algorithm of actions, minimal amount time spent - the recipe was created to help out the hostess during a visit unexpected guests. Fragrant and juicy armenian salad with eggplant is worth a try.
Ingredients:
- eggplant;
- tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
- Sweet pepper;
- bulb;
- salt, ground pepper;
- oil for frying.
Cooking method:
- Cut the washed blue ones into slices, add salt, and rinse after half an hour.
- Cut into cubes, fry with chopped onion (about 15-17 minutes).
- Chop the pepper into strips, add pieces of tomatoes and fried eggplants. Mix.
- Season Armenian snack vinegar, sprinkle with herbs, pepper before serving.
With cheese and garlic
This recipe offers not only a la carte hot snack, but also great addition for any meat/fish dish. You should definitely figure out how to cook these little blue ones - they have every chance of becoming your favorite dish. What gives it a special charm is the ability to carry out all manipulations using a multicooker, which saves the housewife’s energy.
Ingredients:
- medium eggplant;
- carrot;
- tomato;
- semi-hard cheese – 70 g;
- garlic clove;
- sour cream – 4 tbsp. l.;
- a pinch of oregano;
- salt, oil.
Cooking method:
- Wash the blue and cut into diagonal slices. Add salt and rinse after half an hour.
- Grate carrots and fry in a slow cooker. Seize.
- Place eggplant slices on the bottom, cover with carrots and tomato slices.
- Make the sauce: beat sour cream with oregano, grated garlic and a pinch of salt. Pour the base of the snack over it.
- Cook for half an hour. Add grated cheese, keep on the same mode for 5-6 minutes.
Rolls
This snack is almost a delicacy: walnuts, spicy sauce, Italian fluffy ricotta – you can’t resist trying it. Tender rolls Eggplant with cheese is served cold. They go well with any herbs and greens, and are well complemented with dry white wine. If desired, they can be combined with pasta to make a hearty dish for festive dinner.
Ingredients:
- large eggplants – 2 pcs.;
- ricotta 40% – 120 g;
- walnuts – 35 g;
- olive oil;
- balsamic sauce;
- dry herbs, salt.
Cooking method:
- Cut the washed blue ones lengthwise into slices and add salt. After half an hour, rinse several times.
- Grease with oil and place on a wire rack. Bake for 15-17 minutes, oven temperature – 190 degrees.
- Heat the nuts in a dry frying pan and crush them. Mix with ricotta and dry herbs.
- Cool the baked eggplant plates. Spread the filling thinly over half of each.
- Roll up and drizzle with sauce. Cool until serving.
With garlic
Most blueberry-based snacks are fried, especially when it comes to rolls, for which such heat treatment is required. For those who are afraid to do too much fatty dish, the frying stage can be replaced by baking - you only need to keep them in the oven for 15-20 minutes. If you are unclear on how to wrap, refer to the photos attached to the recipe.
Ingredients:
- large eggplants – 2 pcs.;
- soft cheese – 30 g;
- hard cheese – 30 g;
- garlic cloves – 3 pcs.;
- a bunch of greenery;
- egg higher cat.;
- salt pepper;
- oil for frying.
Cooking method:
- Cut the blue ones lengthwise into thin flexible plates. Make sure that they are not translucent, otherwise they will tear when stuffing.
- Grease each plate with oil and fry on dry hot frying pan until blush, in portions.
- At the end of frying, stack the eggplant plates on top of each other, cover with a lid, and let stand on the switched off burner for 7-10 minutes.
- Grate both types of cheese, boil a soft-boiled egg and chop it too. Pepper, mix with torn herbs and garlic pressed through a press.
- Place the filling on the very edge of the eggplant plate. Roll it up and pin it with a toothpick. Serve after cooling.
Ogonyok
This spicy snack for winter - for everyone and those with a strong stomach. The brightness of the spiciness can be varied by the amount of chili pepper: according to original recipe The entire pod with seeds is used, but you can limit it to just the spout. The proportion of vinegar also varies - sterilization is responsible for winter storage, completing the process of preparing the snack.
Ingredients:
- eggplants – 900 g;
- bell peppers – 2 pcs.;
- chili pepper;
- garlic cloves – 3 pcs.;
- vinegar 9% – 1 tbsp. l.;
- olive oil for frying;
- salt.
Cooking method:
- Cut the pepper pods and remove the seeds. Scroll through a meat grinder (both spicy and Bulgarian). If desired, you can add chili seeds to create a very spicy eggplant appetizer.
- Add chopped garlic, stir.
- Cut the blue ones into thick slices. Fry.
- Fill small jars with them, alternating with spicy dressing.
- Pour in vinegar and sterilize for a few minutes. Roll up the lids.
Alternative option preparations for the winter, but with more delicate taste and aroma. Recipe belongs to Georgian cuisine, therefore has very interesting combination sweet and spicy. This appetizer of eggplants with tomatoes will not harm your figure, so you can safely make more jars - in winter it will fly away in an instant. Be sure to save this recipe for yourself.
Ingredients:
- eggplants – 2.2 kg;
- sweet peppers – 1 kg;
- tomatoes – 1.7 kg;
- green apples – 400 g;
- purple onion – 1 kg;
- salt – 3 tbsp. l.;
- sugar – 5 tbsp. l.;
- head of garlic;
- vegetable oil – 200 ml;
- hot pepper pod.
Cooking method:
- Wash the blue ones and cut them into cubes.
- Chop onions and peppers into half rings, tomatoes into slices. Core the apples and cut them in the same way as tomatoes.
- Grind the hot pepper and mix with the garlic passed through a press.
- Blend all snack ingredients in a blender. Pour in oil, salt, add sugar. Simmer for half an hour.
- Place into jars and close.
Cold appetizer
This composition rarely comes to mind for housewives - the combination of fish and bluefish is not particularly popular, although taste qualities his are excellent. The cold appetizer with eggplant turns out excellent! It is better to use salted red fish, which does not require additional heat treatment, but you can also take fresh white fillet, as the recipe below suggests.
Ingredients:
- eggplants – 2 pcs.;
- pollock – 700 g;
- bell peppers – 2 pcs.;
- a bunch of parsley;
- ground pepper, salt;
- lemon juice – 2 tbsp. l.;
- olive oil – 3 tbsp. l. + for frying.
Cooking method:
- Cut the peppers in half, remove the seeds, and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 200°C for 12-15 minutes. Cool.
- Cut the fish into pieces and fry in olive oil. Be sure to add salt and pepper.
- Wash the blue ones and cut them lengthwise into thick circles. Bake at 180 degrees until soft.
- Place eggplant slices on a flat dish and place chopped peppers, pieces of fish, and parsley on each of them. Add olive oil and lemon juice sauce. Refrigerate until serving.
This dish It amazes you at first glance with its design. Take a look at the photos - several simple actions and in front of you is a real bright one peacock tail, which is as delicious as it is wonderful. If you want the Eggplant Peacock Tail appetizer to be dietary, do not fry them, but bake them on a wire rack. You don't have to use flour either.
Ingredients:
- eggplants – 2 pcs.;
- cucumbers – 2 pcs.;
- round tomatoes – 3 pcs.;
- mozzarella for pizza (cylinder) – 140 g;
- black olives;
- flour, oil - for frying;
- salt.
Cooking method:
- Cut the washed eggplants into thick oval slices diagonally.
- Add salt and leave for half an hour.
- Rinse and dry. Sprinkle with flour and fry in oil.
- Cut the mozzarella into thin slices, tomatoes into slices. Do the same with cucumbers. Cut the olives in half lengthwise.
- Place mugs of mozzarella, tomato, and cucumber alternately on each slice of eggplant. Closer to the edge - half an olive.
- Based on the photo, form a peacock tail on a plate.
This dish has great amount variations, a number of which completely exclude eggplant from the recipe. Under the name “Mother-in-law’s tongue” you can find not only cold snack, but also canned food, full-fledged salads. Eggplant tongues - classic version which is being prepared for in a matter of minutes and has spicy taste. Sour cream can be replaced with mayonnaise and vice versa.
Ingredients:
- large eggplants – 2 pcs.;
- tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
- sour cream – 4 tbsp. l.;
- flour;
- frying oil;
- a bunch of greenery;
- chilli;
- salt.
Cooking method:
- Prepare the eggplants by slicing them lengthwise. Flour. Fry in a hot frying pan until crusty.
- Mix torn greens with sour cream. Add hot pepper.
- Cut the tomatoes into semicircles. Place each on the edge of the eggplant plate. Above - sour cream sauce. Collapse (the principle is shown in the photo). Place seam side down on a plate.
Cooking secrets
This product is extremely capricious - the slightest mistake leads to a deterioration in its taste, so you cannot do without certain tricks:
- The structure of blue ones is very porous, so they absorb all the fat they come into contact with. If you fry them, you shouldn't pour oil into the pan - they need to treat the surface of each piece.
- Alternative way make sure that fried snack the eggplant was not very oily - dip them in batter.
- If the eggplant appetizer looks like stuffed halves, there is no need to salt them: by removing the core with seeds with a spoon, you will already get rid of the bitterness.
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