Deluxe roasted eggplant dip

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 1/2 lb eggplant, halved lengthwise
2 plum tomatoes, halved
1 sm onion, quartered
4 lg cloves garlic, unpeeled
1 sprig fresh thyme, or
1 pn dried thyme leaves, crumbled
2 tb olive oil
1 fresh parsley, minced
1 toasted pita bread triangles
Preheat oven to 400oF. Place eggplant, skin side up, in a large roasting
pan. Add tomatoes, onion, garlic and thyme. Drizzle oil evenly over
wegetables. Bake until eggplant is very tender when pierced with a knife,
about 50 minutes. Cool vegetables slightly.
Peel eggplant and garlic. Transfer eggplant pulp, garlic, tomatoes, onion
and any liquid in bottom of pan to the work bowl of a food processor. Add
thyme leaves, discarding stem. Puree until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and
season with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead; refrigerate.)
Garnish with parsley and serve dip at room temperature with pita bread
triangles.