Baked Eggplant Appetizer

1 large Eggplant
Olive oil
1 large Onion -- peeled & quartered
3 Garlic cloves -- unpeeled
1 Red bell pepper -- - halved and seeded
1 teaspoon Oregano -- chopped
2 teaspoons Lemon juice
1 tablespoon Olive oil
1/8 teaspoon Each salt and pepper
4 ounces Feta cheese -- crumbled
2 tablespoons Parsley -- chopped
Pita bread or crackers
Preheat oven to 350 F.

Halve eggplant lengthwise. Brush all sides with olive oil. Place
halves cut-side down on a baking sheet. Bake 25 minutes. Brush
onion, garlic and red pepper with oil; add to eggplant. Bake 25-30
minutes longer or until vegetables are tender.

Cool eggplant; scoop out flesh and place in a food processor or wooden
bowl.

Squeeze garlic pulp from skins, peel red pepper, and a
dd to eggplant along with onion, oregano, lemon juice, olive oil, salt
and pepper. Process or finely chop by hand. Do not puree. Mix in 3
oz. of the feta cheese.

Spoon mixture into a serving bowl. Sprinkle remaining feta cheese
around the edge of mixture; mound parsley in the center. Serve with
pita bread or crackers.

Italian Roasted Vegetables

Italian Roasted Vegetables

2 each Yellow Peppers -- Cut into Chunks
2 each Red Bell Peppers -- Cut into Chunks
2 each Green Peppers -- Cut into Chunks
3 each Zucchini -- Sliced Lengthwise
2 bunches Green Onions -- Trimmed
2 each Japanese Eggplant -- Sliced
24 spears Asparagus -- Whole, trimmed
1 pound Baby New Potatoes -- Sliced thin
8 ounces Mushrooms -- Halved or whole
1 bunch Fresh Rosemary -- Chopped
12 cloves Garlic -- Chopped
1/4 cup Extra Virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper -- To taste

Preheat oven to 500. Put vegies into open roasting pan. Toss with
rosemary, chopped garlic, salt and fresh ground black pepper and just
enough olive oil to coat. Roast for about 45 minutes, or until crisp
tender.

CURRIED EGGPLANT STRUDEL

CURRIED EGGPLANT STRUDEL

1 large eggplant -- peeled/diced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 garlic clove -- minced
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 cup chopped canned tomatoes
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground saffron
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup roasted peanuts -- chopped
1 pound frozen phyllo dough (24 sheets) -- defrosted
3/4 pound unsalted butter -- clarified
1 cup plain yogurt

Toss the eggplant with the salt and set aside for 30
minutes. Wrap in a towel and squeeze out any excess
moisture. Set aside.

In a skillet, saute the onion in the olive oil over medium
heat until soft, about 2 minutes. Add the garlic, curry
powder, cumin and chili powder, and cook 2 more minutes.
Add the reserved eggplant, tomatoes and sugar. Mix the
saffron into the vinegar and add to mixture. Simmer for 15
minutes, until the eggplant is soft. Add a bit of water if
the mixture should become too dry.

Add the peanuts and cool completely.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Place a sheet of phyllo on a clean work surface and drizzle
lightly with clarified butter. Layer five more sheets,
drizzling a bit more butter atop each layer. Brush the top
layer with butter.

Place a quarter of the filling over the sheets, mounding
more of it along one of the longer sides. Roll the sheets
up jelly roll-style, starting at the edge with the mounded
filling. Place seam-side down on a greased sheet pan and
brush with more cla rified butter. Make three more strudels
using the rest of the phyllo and the remaining filling and
butter.

On sheet pans, bake in the preheated oven until golden
brown, about 25 to 30 minutes, moving the pans front to
back and top to bottom halfway through. Let rest for 10
minutes before serving.

Cut the strudel in 1-inch-thick slices and top with yogurt.

Eggplant Caviar

Eggplant Caviar

3 Eggplants
3 Garlic cloves -- minced
1/3 cup Olive oil
1 tablespoon Minced parsley -- (or Onion, Basil or Anchovies)
1 Lemon -- juice only
Salt and pepper

This makes a dip that is delicious on raw vegetables or spread on
French bread, and is good as an appetizer, snack or light lunch.

HALVE THE EGGPLANTS LENGTHWISE and place under a broiler, 2 inches from
the flame. Broil for 50 minutes, turning once, until very soft. Scoop
out the flesh and discard the seed strips. Pass through the coarse
blade of a food mill or coarsely mash by hand. Add garlic to taste (be
careful, the taste becomes stronger with time). Beat in the olive oil.
Add the parsley, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Eggplant Relish

Eggplant Relish

1 medium Eggplant
1 Egg -- hard-boiled
1 Green pepper
1 medium Onion
Oil
Vinegar
Garlic
Salt
Pepper
Sugar

Bake eggplant until soft. Grind together the baked eggplant, egg,
green pepper and onion. Add oil, vinegar and seasonings to taste.
Chill. Serve cold.