Eggplant:Baba Ghannouj (Mashed Eggplant Spread)

By blum099

Ingredients

• INGREDIENTS
• 8 cloves garlic, unpeeled
• 2 medium eggplants
• 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp. tahini
• 2 tbsp. mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp. finely chopped parsley
• 1 tsp. ground cumin
• 1 tsp. paprika
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Preparation

Step 1

Place garlic and eggplants on a foillined baking sheet, and broil until tender and charred all over, about 10 minutes for garlic, and about 40 minutes for eggplant. Peel and seed eggplants, and mash flesh with peeled garlic, juice, tahini, mayonnaise, 2 tsp. parsley, the cumin, paprika, and salt and pepper in a bowl; sprinkle with remaining parsley.