Aubergine balls

13 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 large aubergines
  • 1 cup crushed toasted bread (any type)
  • 5 tbsp crushed walnuts
  • 1/3 cup hard goat's cheese (like greek graviera)
  • 2 tsp finely chopped parsley
  • 1 medium egg
  • 1 cup extra virgin olive oil for shallow frying using a large pan
  • 1 clove grated garlic
  • 2 tbsp sea salt and black pepper
  • 1 cup half frozen strained light yoghurt
  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tsp dried mint

Directions

  1. 1
    Wash the aubergines and slice them in 3 cm cubes.Boil them for 10 minutes in salted water.Then drain them and squash them to remove any excess water.
  2. 2
    Add all ingedients in a large bowl and mix them with your hands until the mixture feels similar to that of meatballs.
  3. 3
    If it feels less dense you can add more crushed toasted bread or flour.
  4. 4
    Then form with your hands balls of 3 cm in diameter.
  5. 5
    Heat the oil and shallow fry until golden or for 5 minutes on each side.
  6. 6
    Dry the balls on adsorbent kitchen paper and serve with the yoghurt dip.
  7. 7
    For the dip: Mix all ingredients until an even dip results.
  8. 8
    NOTE: If you are allergic to nuts you can substitute the walnuts with the same amount of crushed toasted bread .
  9. 9
    You can also use gluten free toasted bread.
  10. 10
    Finally the egg can be omitted in a special diet and the goat's cheese can be replaced with a soya hard cheese.

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