43 eggplant recipes (because everyone loves eggplant)
From pasta to parmigiana, salads to stir-fries, now's a better time than any to put eggplant on the menu.
Dainty Sichuan's fish-fragrant eggplant (yu xiang qie zi)
Photo: Mark RoperSmoky eggplant and capsicum dip with pita bread
Photo: Will HornerTony Tan's eggplant and broad beans with soy-sesame dressing
Photo: Ben DearnleyDry curry of lamb and eggplant
Photo: Ben DearnleyGood Luck Pinbone's Sichuan chilli eggplant with wood-ear fungus
Photo: Ben HansenBarbecued eggplant salad with goat's curd, mint and pomegranate
Photo: James MoffattDandelion's Hmong spicy eggplant mash
Photo: Sharyn CairnsBone marrow with pickled eggplant salad
Photo: William MeppemPork and eggplant salad with salted chilli
Photo: William MeppemBrent Savage's coal-roasted eggplant with black garlic
Photo: Alicia TaylorButter-fried bread with eggplant and herbs by René Redzepi & Nadine Levy Redzepi
Photo: William MeppemSpiced lamb with eggplant salad
Photo: William MeppemLau's Family Kitchen's eggplant stuffed with taro
Photo: Con PoulosRoast eggplant, 'nduja and scamorza
Photo: Ben DearnleyAnaliese Gregory's flatbread with miso eggplant and urchin
Photo: Adam GibsonVictor Liong's grilled eggplant with sesame, cumin and chilli
Photo: Alicia TaylorCharred prawns, eggplant and chickpeas with roast tomato vinaigrette
Photo: Ben DearnleyBurrata with char-grilled eggplant
Photo: Prue RuscoeEggplant, tofu and sugarsnap peas with ginger and soy dressing
Photo: Ben DearnleyGrilled eggplant salad with lentils and sesame yoghurt
Photo: Prue RuscoeLongsong's eggplant salad with shallots and salted ricotta
Photo: Mark RoperPalisa Anderson's yum makeua (grilled eggplant salad with prawns)
Photo: Kara RosenlunBlue Nile's Ethiopian eggplant dip
Photo: John Paul UrizarCharred miso eggplant with nori and sesame
Photo: Chris ChenChickpeas with steamed eggplant and almonds
Photo: Aimee JonesQuick okra, eggplant and turmeric stew
Photo: William MeppemChristine Manfield's eggplant sandwich
Photo: William MeppemPrime-rib minute steak, spiced eggplant and lemon couscous
Photo: Mark RoperStir-fried eggplant with sweet tamarind sauce
Photo: Chris CourtDan Hong's crisp eggplant with fish-fragrant sauce
Photo: Jason LoucasRoast eggplant, tomato and basil spelt pasta
Photo: Ben DearnleyDanielle Alvarez's summer vegetable tian
Photo: Ben Dearnley