Eggplant With Lentils And Goat Cheese Recipes

ROASTED EGGPLANT WITH GOAT CHEESE, LENTILS, AND THYME

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Slice eggplants in half lengthwise. Score the eggplant flesh in a criss-cross pattern, being careful not to cut through the skin. Drizzle all over with olive oil, using your fingers to rub it into the flesh of the eggplant.
• Place eggplant halves flesh side up on baking tray. Pick off roughly 2 tablespoons of thyme leaves from the thyme bunch, and sprinkled evenly over the eggplant. Sprinkle with salt.
• Bake eggplants for 40-50 minutes, until golden brown and just beginning to char. Once out of the oven, allow eggplants to cool slightly before topping with remaining ingredients.
• While eggplants are cooking, assemble the rest of your ingredients. In a medium bowl, mix together lentils, parsley, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Use the backside of a fork to crush the lentils, so that about half are mashed ever so slightly. The goal is to get the lentils to stick to each other so that they don't fall off of the eggplants later on. Set aside.
• Top your warm eggplants with a few spoonfuls of lentils. Crumble the goat cheese over the lentils, then finish with pine nuts and micro greens to garnish!

EGGPLANT WITH LENTILS AND GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 475°. Remove pulp from eggplants; cut pulp from one eggplant into 1/4-inch cubes and discard the rest. Coat eggplant shells with cooking spray; sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt. On a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, place eggplant shells open side down. In a bowl, coat eggplant cubes with cooking spray and toss with 1/4 teaspoon salt; place in one layer on a second baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake eggplant shells and cubes until tender, 10 minutes. Remove eggplant; reduce oven to 350°. In a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Cook onion, celery and carrot until soft, 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook, 1 minute. Add lentils, eggplant cubes, broth, vinegar, pepper and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt; reduce heat to simmer, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Stir in chopped mint. Flip shells on baking sheet and stuff with lentil-eggplant mixture; cover with aluminum foil and bake until warm; 10 minutes. Top with cheese and mint leaves.

BALSAMIC EGGPLANT WITH LENTILS AND GOAT CHEESE RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. 2. Whisk together the balsamic, oil, mustard, honey, and red pepper flakes, and season with salt. Add the sliced eggplant and allow to marinate for 10 minutes. Lay slices on a parchment-lined baking sheet and roast in the oven for 15 minutes, flip, and bake another 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool on a tray. 3. Meanwhile, in another bowl, toss lentils, nuts, vinegar, oil thyme, and shallots together. Season with salt and pepper. Reserve. 4. Serve on a platter, and arrange a bed of spinach. Lay a slice of eggplant down, then add a spoonful of lentil mixture, then another slice of eggplant and continue to fan out the pieces to cover the spinach. Sprinkle goat cheese on top. garnish with toasted nuts and lightly drizzle with balsamic reduction. Serve immediately.