Eggplant And Garlic Spread

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 large eggplants or 2 japanese eggplants
• 3 -4 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1/4 cup olive oil (more or less)
• fresh parsley leaves, chopped finely
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 pierce whole eggplant(s) on one side. put whole, pierced side up on a rack in 500f oven for 20 to 30 minutes.
• 2 put peeled whole garlic cloves in a small oven proof bowl. drizzle with a little olive oil and place in oven beside the eggplant for 10 minutes or til golden.
• 3 when the eggplant is limp and flat, remove it from the oven and peel away the skin. it should fall away easily.
• 4 put the eggplant flesh into a medium sized bowl. add roasted garlic cloves, olive oil, allspice, parsley, salt and pepper. mash with a potato masher til relatively smooth.