{"id":6605,"date":"2021-02-01T10:16:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T10:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/?p=6605"},"modified":"2021-02-01T16:10:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T16:10:42","slug":"harissa-roasted-aubergine-mezze-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/?p=6605","title":{"rendered":"Harissa Roasted Aubergine Mezze Plate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"color:#e59191\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Aubergines are one of my favourite vegetables to cook &#8211; they are like a sponge as they soak up so much flavour and they are almost meaty. I love roasting them with Harissa and Za&#8217;Atar and drizzling over a lemon tahini dressing. They are wonderful with miso as well as they soak up so much umami like flavour they are just delicious.&nbsp; This recipe is one of those you can make up with bits and bobs that are left in the fridge. I usually have some grain like Faro or bulgar in the fridge cooked that i toss into salads or have with eggs for a quick brunch. This is great light dinner or a starter at a dinner party. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wpzoom-recipe-card-block-ingredients\" id=\"kwBhbveJ0n\"><div class=\"wpzoom-recipe-card-print-link visible\"><a class=\"btn-print-link no-print\" href=\"#kwBhbveJ0n\" title=\"Print ingredients...\"><img class=\"icon-print-link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/recipe-card-blocks-by-wpzoom\/src\/assets\/images\/printer.svg\" alt=\"Print\"\/>Print<\/a><\/div><h3 class=\"ingredients-title\">Roasted Harissa Aubergine Mezze <\/h3><ul class=\"ingredients-list\"><li>2 Medium Aubergines <\/li><li>1 Tablespoon Rose Harissa (I love the brand Belazu) <\/li><li>1 Teaspoon of Za&#8217;Atar seasoning <\/li><li>1 Lemon <\/li><li>1 Roasted red pepper<\/li><li>Fresh herbs (Parsley, Mint, Coriander) <\/li><li>2 Tablespoons of Tahini<\/li><li>1 Tablespoon Natural or greek yoghurt <\/li><li>Half a english cucumber <\/li><li>100g Hummus <\/li><li>250g Cooked grain like Farro \/ Bulgar wheat \/ Lentils \/ <\/li><li>Olive oil <\/li><li>Rock Salt <\/li><li>Pepper<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wpzoom-recipe-card-block-directions\" id=\"6KV51X1YLO\"><div class=\"wpzoom-recipe-card-print-link visible\"><a class=\"btn-print-link no-print\" href=\"#6KV51X1YLO\" title=\"Print directions...\"><img class=\"icon-print-link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/recipe-card-blocks-by-wpzoom\/src\/assets\/images\/printer.svg\" alt=\"Print\"\/>Print<\/a><\/div><h3 class=\"directions-title\"><\/h3><ul class=\"directions-list\"><li>Preheat the oven to 190&#8217;c (fan)<\/li><li>Slice the aubergines in half lengthways and score into the flesh about 1\/3 the way through in a criss cross way. Mix the harrisa, Za&#8217;Atar together with a tablespoon of olive oil. Rub this into the aubergine flesh, pushing deep into the scores. Bake for 35 &#8211; 40 minuets. <\/li><li>Whilst the aubergine is roasting prepare the yoghurt tahini dressing. Whisk the yoghurt, tahini, lemon juice and zest together with a tablespoon of olive oil, season with a little salt and pepper and loosen with a splash of water if you want it a little runnier. <\/li><li>Slice the cucumber in half lengthways and scoop out the wet seeds. Roughly chop the cucumber along with the roasted red pepper and set aside. Roughly chop the herbs. <\/li><li>Reheat the grain if you like, you can do this in the microwave or on the hob with a little water. I like to stir in some olive oil and a teaspoon of harissa or paprika. <\/li><li>Assemble the mezze by spreading the grains on a plate, spread over the hummus and pop the aubergines over the top. Scatter over the cucumber and pepper, drizzle over the dressing and sprinkling over the herbs. I like to drizzle over even more harrisa, olive oil and season with lots of salt and pepper. <\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aubergines are one of my favourite vegetables to cook &#8211; they are like a sponge as they soak up so much flavour and they are almost meaty. I love roasting them with Harissa and Za&#8217;Atar and drizzling over a lemon tahini dressing. They are wonderful with miso as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sharing_disabled":false,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC01829-scaled.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parMdm-1Ix","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6605"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6605"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6610,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6605\/revisions\/6610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}