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Charred eggplant dip with quick quinoa crackers

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for charred eggplant dip with quick quinoa crackers.
Charred eggplant dip with quick quinoa crackers

Charred eggplant dip with quick quinoa crackers

Phillip Castleton
4 - 6

Ingredients

Quick quinoa crackers

Method

Main

1.Preheat oven to 220C. Cook eggplants over a medium flame either on a rack on a gas cooktop or on a barbecue, turning occasionally, until charred and tender (15-20 minutes). Halve and drain flesh-side down in a colander.
2.For quick quinoa crackers, combine flour, 100ml water and a large pinch of salt in a bowl and knead until smooth. Knead in quinoa and divide into 4 pieces. Roll through a pasta machine, starting at widest setting, then reduce notch by notch until dough is 4mm-thick. Place on 2 oven trays lined with baking paper and bake until golden (10-15 minutes). Set aside to cool, then break into rough crackers and sprinkle with sea salt flakes (optional).
3.Scoop out half the eggplant and purée in a food processor with garlic, tahini and lemon juice. Season generously and drizzle with oil. Scoop remaining eggplant from skins (discard skins) into a bowl, mash coarsely with a fork, mix in puréed eggplant, top with a dollop of yoghurt, scatter with coriander and serve with quinoa crackers.

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