What You Need to Know
Blending eggplant, olive oil, and seasonings to create a smooth emulsion, using the natural oils in eggplant as an emulsifier.
Sicilian chefs use this technique to create a eggplant sauce for pasta and vegetables.
Key Parameters
Equipment
blenderfine mesh sievemortar and pestle (traditional)
Steps
- 1.
Caponata Siciliana (Sicily): Forms the creamy base for the sweet-sour vegetable relish
- 2.
Melitzanosalata (Greece): Creates the smooth texture in this traditional eggplant dip
- 3.
Baba Ghanoush (Levant): Provides the characteristic creamy mouthfeel
The Science
Primary Reaction
Emulsification