Saturday, September 10, 2016

...Eggplant Bacon...

...a friend and I went to lunch at a neat little raw/vegan/vegetarian restaurant...and one of the items on the breakfast menu was 'eggplant bacon'...well...we were there for lunch so it wasn't available then...but it got me thinking...

...and...I did a quick internet search and got some inspiration here, here and a raw version here...
...and I bought a nice medium sized eggplant...
...and peeled it...most of the recipes left the peel on...but I always peel eggplant unless I'm stuffing it...
...then cut it into quarters...
...then because it was too tall for my Veg-O-Matic...I just CAREFULLY used the cutting screens over a bowl to slice them evenly into even bacon-like pieces...
...perfectly uniform...
...then I got out my jelly cloth...
...spread out all the pieces and salted them on both sides...
...gathered all my marinade ingredients...
...and after the eggplant had 'sweated' a bit...
...I washed the salt off...
...and dipped them in the marinade...and placed them on a parchment lined baking sheet...
...and baked for a few minutes...
...they got kinda dry and leathery...but not crisp...
...so I dipped them in the marinade again...and put them in the dehydrator...
...and after a couple of hours...they were crispy and perfect...
...and they were a perfect topping for some baked beans...
...this was good and I'm sure I'll use it all up...but I still like the rice paper version better...

~Have a lovely day!

4 comments:

  1. neat idea!

    love, k

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  2. And they really look like bacon. That is a nice idea. MOM

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  3. A bit of a Heston experiment!

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  4. I love eggplant. This is an I texted ring use.

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