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Eggplant with Walnut

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A delicious Eggplant with Walnut recipe from İzmir, a city renowned for its culinary traditions.

Eggplant with Walnut

📷 Ekkatterrinna — CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

⏱️ 20 min prep + 10 min cottura · 4 porzioni · facile

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Ingredients

  • 4 eggplants
  • 150 grams of ground walnuts
  • 2 onions
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 teaspoon of sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
  • 100 grams of feta cheese, cubed

Method

  1. Prepare the eggplants by trimming the ends and slicing them thinly.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a pan and cook the eggplant slices for 5-7 minutes on medium heat.
  3. In a bowl, mix the ground walnuts, chopped onions, salt, pepper, sugar, balsamic vinegar, and lemon juice.
  4. Add the eggplant slices to the pan with oil and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
  5. Remove from heat and pour the walnut and seasoning mixture over the eggplant slices.
  6. Gently stir sporadically to ensure the eggplant slices are well coated.
  7. Add the feta cheese and gently mix.
  8. Serve hot.

The story

This dish was long a family secret in İzmir, but it has now become a beloved dish throughout Turkey.

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