Description
Sweet Harissa Eggplant – roasted eggplant with a sweet and spicy harissa glaze served over a tangy lemon non-dairy yogurt and spinach salad with tons of fresh herbs.
Ingredients
Scale
Roasted Eggplant:
- 2 eggplant, cut in half lengthwise and cross hatched
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced as thin as safely able
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
Sweet Harissa
- 1/2 cup mild harissa
- 2 tablespoons honey or agave nectar
- 1 teaspoon salt
Lemon “Yogurt”
- 1 cup non-dairy plain yogurt (I love Culina coconut-based yogurt because it’s so thick and creamy)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
For Serving:
- 1/2 cup roughly chopped herbs (basil and mint)
- 7 oz. baby spinach
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cut eggplant in half lengthwise and then carefully make criss-cross cuts making sure not to cut all the way through the skin. Place on a prepared baking sheet.
- Drizzle the eggplant with olive oil (about 2 tablespoons) and generously sprinkle it with salt and pepper. Place your very thinly sliced garlic into the cuts of the eggplant.
- Place into the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- Combine harissa, honey or agave nectar, and salt in a small bowl.
- After the eggplant has cooked for 20 minutes, pull out of the oven and brush with honey/agave harissa and place back in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Combine non-dairy yogurt, salt, and lemon juice in a bowl.
- Combine spinach, herbs, olive oil, and salt in a bowl and toss.
- For a pretty presentation, serve the yogurt spread on a plate, topped with spinach herb salad, eggplant, drizzled with leftover honey/agave harissa, and more fresh herbs.
- For a more practical presentation, serve eggplant topped with yogurt, drizzled with agave/honey harissa, and topped with fresh herbs served alongside the spinach herb salad.
Notes
- Serve with grain of choice (couscous, quinoa, farro) or toast.
- Add a protein to bulk up the dish a bit (crispy chickpeas, white beans, etc.)
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 30
- Category: Appetizer
Keywords: Sweet Harissa Eggplant, roasted eggplant, eggplant appetizer