Baba Ganoush

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 lb Eggplant
• 3 tb Lemon juice
• 1 ts Salt
• 2 ts Minced fresh garlic
• 3 tb Sesame tahini-- (optional: substitute-- yogurt or sour cream)
• 1/4 c Chopped parsley
• 1/2 c Toasted pine nuts
• 2 tb Olive oil

Preparation:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Prick eggplant all over with a fork.
• Bake whole until tender (about 30 minutes).
• Remove from oven, halve and scoop out the flesh.
• Blend in a food processor with the lemon juice until smooth.
• Mash the salt and garlic together and combine with the eggplant, along with the tahini.
• Cool and stir in the parsley and pine nuts.
• Before serving, drizzle with the olive oil.
• Serve as a dip with tortilla chips or triangles of flat (pita) bread.