A Gypsy Favorite: Catouns, or Grilled Eggplant, Recipe

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Photo courtesy iStock/Joe_Potato
The simplest way for the gypsies to enjoy eggplant was to start a barbecue and do what they call the “catouns.”

Ingredients

  • 6 small oblong eggplants
  • 18 garlic cloves
  • First cold press olive oil
  • Salt

Directions

  • Wash the eggplants after removing the stems.
  • Peel the garlic and slice the cloves in half in the length. Insert the pieces of garlic inside the flesh of the eggplants.
  • Let cook on the barbecue, turning them from time to time until they are soft and have burned skin; then put in a dish and cut each eggplant in the length; add a little bit of salt and gently pour olive oil. Eat quickly with a spoon.
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