Tag: Aubergines

• Bakłażan is the Polish for aubergine.
• This recipes you can often find in recipes for tapas.
• I have used this batter as one of three batters in my post on Battered Cauliflower
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• If you liked my recipe for Breaded Aubergines I am sure you will like this as well.

• Ingredients

• 1 Aubergine
• Salt
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• Batter
• 100g flour
• 25Oml very cold sparkling water
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• Sunflower oil to fry
• Runny honey to serve
• Ground black pepper

Method

• Slice the aubergine into circles and place into a colander.
• Sprinkle with salt and leave for 30 minutes. 
• Dry them off with kitchen paper.
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• Whisk the sparking water into the flour – you might not want all of it.
• You are aiming for a batter like single cream.
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• Coat the aubergine slices in the batter.
• Fry in hot sunflower oil.
• Make sure both sides are cooked.
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• Dry them off on kitchen roll.
• You can keep them warm in an oven whilst you cook the rest.
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• Sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper.
• Serve with a little runny honey.

Vintage Pyrex plate