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Roasted pepper baba ganoush

Baba ganoush is an easy dip to make, which goes really well with kebabs, falafels or just crudités. I normally put an aubergine and/or some bell peppers in the oven when I’m making a roast or baking a cake - then I make dips & sauces or meals from them on the following days. So basically this vegan, roasted pepper baba ganoush takes me just 5 minutes to whip up. You can make it from scratch if you like, but I would use the oven so as to cook other things at the same time!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium aubergine
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • ½ tsp smoked paprika
  • 1.5 Tbsp tahini
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped
  • juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 Tbsp chopped parsley
  • salt and pepper
  • paprika olive oil and pine nuts, to garnish ( optional)

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Rub the aubergine with oil, put it on a baking tray and bake for about 30-40 minutes. Poke it with a skewer - if the flesh is soft it’s ready.
  3. Meanwhile, cut the pepper in half and rub with some olive oil. Put these next to the aubergine or in a different tray and bake skin side up for approx. 25 minutes, until the skin is a bit charred. Remove the pepper pieces into a bowl, cover with a plate and rest.
  4. When the aubergine is ready, take it out of the oven and let it cool.
  5. Remove the skin of the pepper, put the flesh into a food processor.
  6. Scoop the flesh out of the aubergine, add it to the pepper.
  7. Add the tahini, paprika, garlic, lemon juice and parsley.
  8. Pulse until get a creamy mixture. Taste, season with salt and pepper, then whiz for a few second.
  9. Taste again and adjust the ingredients to your liking (you might want to add more paprika or lemon juice, salt etc).
  10. Transfer to a serving bowl.
  11. Just before serving, drizzle with olive oil - then sprinkle some paprika on top and scatter some pine nuts over it, if you like.