Ajvar Recipe Prepared With EVOO
Ajvar - traditional Balkan relish - Call it a sauce, a dip or a spread, it's a delicious savory blend of eggplant, peppers and in our version - tomato - to slather on everything.
Servings
6-8
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
45 minutes
Ajvar - traditional Balkan relish - Call it a sauce, a dip or a spread, it's a delicious savory blend of eggplant, peppers and in our version - tomato - to slather on everything.
Author:Ayvaco
Ingredients
Directions
Cut eggplants in half vertically and place on a baking tray with red peppers.
Make sure you cross the white part of eggplants with a knife so it bakes faster.
Drizzle EVOO on eggplants and peppers then bake at 400F for 25 minutes.
In a skillet pan, sauté onion and garlic in decent amount of extra virgin olive oil. Then add chopped tomatoes and simmer until tomatoes are cooked.
When baking is completed, use a spoon to scoop the inside of eggplant to separate from eggplant skin.
Remove the seeds from peppers
Add eggplant and peppers in the tomato-onion-garlic sauce
Use a hand blender to mix until creamy
Simmer on low heat for 5 minutes to thicken
Serve with meat, on pasta or as slathered on fresh bread.
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