how to make eggplant caviar

It’s not that caviar. It’s eggplant caviar.

This is one of my favorite summer dips. Roasted eggplant, sauteed onions, fresh rosemary, and ricotta.

You can’t go wrong with this.

21 comments on “how to make eggplant caviar”

  2. Mary

    Fantastic. Thank you. Looking forward to using that eggplant in the CSA box now. Wonderful timing.

  3. Kowa Mattern

    Eggplants will soon ripen in my dad’s garden! I cannot wait to share this recipe with him. I love how simple and fresh the ingredients to this recipe are. Thanks for sharing.

  4. Stephanie

    I’ve just been learning to love eggplant in the last year or so — learning to take the skin off really helps, I find! This looks like a great new dish to try. Thank you!

    P.S. I’m really enjoying your videos lately!

  5. Zooie

    Thanks for the awesome video! I’ve been wondering how to cook eggplant properly — I’ve only ever eaten it in restaurants as my attempts haven’t come out right, lol.

    Any ideas for alternate flavors if you can’t do garlic or onions? (reflux)

  6. Tina

    This sounds great from the description, but would you please please please start posting little written summaries with your videos? I have 2 reasons for asking this: 1. I have a limited broadband package so I pay extra for stuff like videos; 2. I like to scan through something to see if I have the ingredients on hand, and also bookmark/save it on my computer to READ for when I want to make it! My brain is so much faster with words than video. Thanks!

    1. shauna

      Tina, we will sometimes. Most times. But sometimes we just like to offer the videos. I’m sorry that you have to pay more for videos. Some stories we like to tell visually.

  7. Susan

    Thank you Shauna & Danny! You are both great teachers/chef instructors! I love your culinary creativity combined with healthy deliciousness. YUMMO! Eggplant is one of my favorite foods. Thank you for teaching me a new way to enjoy it. You are the GF King & Queen in my universe. Love you guys! :-)

  8. diane

    when i was taught to sweat eggplant with salt after an hour or so I was told to rinse off the salt quickly and dry.….then use it.…please explain to me why here i shouldn’t as your recipe left this out.….not judging just trying to learn.….and i’m not a super salt person.

  11. A Bit of Brooklyn

    This sounds delicious! I’m so sad now that I didn’t pick up any eggplant at the farmer’s market today.… there’s always next week! Thank you for all your amazing tips and wonderful posts, I love reading them.

  12. Nancy

    This sounds great! I’ve been wondering how to cook eggplant fantastically but because of your awesome video it help me a lot and wonderful timing everything is perfect. I keep on reading and watching your great video. Thanks

  13. Patty

    Another plea for a recipe, but for another reason. Your video embed doesn’t load on the iPhone.

  14. sarah

    these new videos are SO fancy! I like’em but I have to admit I kind of missed Shauna’s goofy laughter and commentary in the background! There was a certain joy, exuberance, and drawing in quality in the old school videos.

    1. shauna

      Hey Sarah, thanks for the comment. You’re one of the few that preferred our goofy videos. I loved them too but in terms of teaching and sharing, we like the videos that are a bit more polished. We’re playing with the idea of a podcast soon, so you could hear all my goofy laughter and commentary there!

  15. Harriet

    I know what I’m making tomorrow night!!! I have an eggplant and a container of Ricotta in the freezer, thyme and rosemary in the garden. Fresh garlic and onions…and olive oil. And I think there’s a lemon hiding in the back. Yum.

  16. Diana

    I’m a little ashamed to admit that I made this and ate it ALL BY MYSELF. So Delicious! Thanks for the recipe and another great video.

  17. Ksenija

    I have searched for a good eggplant kaviar recipe for soooo long. In russia they eat it all the time (you can buy it in the stores). But here in Germany I just could not find it anywhere.
    So I guess I can veganize it by substituting the ricotta with soygurt, right?

  19. jackie

    Yum. That looked simple and delicious. Always looking for ways to cook eggplant around this time of year.
    And that Danny is so cute.

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