Name: Spiced Aubergine Pastries
Ingredients: 1 lg Aubergine (Eggplant), Weighing About 1 Lb; 2 Cloves Garlic; Peeled And Crushed; 5 tb Olive Oil; 1 ts Cumin; Ground; 250 ml Yoghurt; Thick; 2 Sheets Filo Pastry; 2 ts Sesame Seeds; 1 tb Mint; Chopped; Salt And Black Pepper

In the day that we stand before our Master and Maker, it will not matter how many people on earth knew our name, how many called us great, and how many considered us fools. It will not matter whether schools and hospitals were named after us, whether our estate was large or small, whether our funeral drew ten thousand or no one. It will not matter what the newspapers or history books said or didn’t say. What will matter is one thing and one thing only – what the Master thinks of us.

Randy Alcorn

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Eggs, Grains		Vegetables	2	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lg	Aubergine (Eggplant), Weighing About 1 Lb
2		Cloves Garlic; Peeled And Crushed
5	tb	Olive Oil
1	ts	Cumin; Ground
250	ml	Yoghurt; Thick
2		Sheets Filo Pastry
2	ts	Sesame Seeds
1	tb	Mint; Chopped
		Salt And Black Pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Wipe the aubergine and cut into small, thin chunks, about the size of a
pound coin (7/8"). Place in a colander and sprinkle with salt. Leave for at
least 20 minutes, then rinse quickly and drain. Crush the garlic cloves
with a little salt, then stir in the oil, cumin, a generous seasoning of
black pepper and a little salt. Toss the aubergines in the oil, then cook
them till soft in a grill pan set under a medium-hot grill. Toss them
around occasionally so that they cook on both sides. Leave to cool, then
put them in a small bowl and add 3 tablespoons of the yoghurt. Preheat the
oven to 200 C / 400 F. Lay the filo sheets on a board and cut each on
lengthways into four strips. Brush one of the eight strips with some of the
remaining oil and place 2 tablespoons of the aubergine stuffing at one end,
about a finger's depth in. Fold one corner over the stuffing to form a
triangle. Fold the triangle over and over suing up the strip and leaving a
fat filo parcel. Repeat with the rest. Place the parcels on a baking sheet,
brush with oil and sprinkle with the sesame seeds. Bake for 10 minutes
until golden. Mix the remaining yoghurt with the mint and serve with the
warm pastries.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 19 Aug 96
Date:    Tue, 20 Aug 1996 12:55:55 EDT
From:    erika metzieder <100627.3022@COMPUSERVE.COM>
NOTES : A rich version of the genre, for eating warm while the cheese is
molten.
Serves 4 as a starter of light lunch.

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