Barbecued steaks with baba ghanoush and tomato salad

The best baba ghanoush recipe you'll stumble across

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Serves

4 - 6

Prep Time

40 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

The perfect recipe for a BBQ with friends and family. Simply cook the steaks, prep all the elements and allow everyone to assemble themselves. Wait until you try the smoky Baba Ghanoush... a definite winner!

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Kathy Paterson
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Ingredients

Beef
  • 4 Quality Mark beef scotch filletsi

Baba ghanoush
  • 1 eggplant

  • 1 garlic clove

    crushed
  • 2 Tbsp finely chopped parsley

  • 2 Tbsp tahinii

  • A pinch of ground cumin

  • 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice

  • 2 Tbsp olive oil

To serve
  • 200g cherry tomatoes

    halved
  • 1 cup chopped mint leaves

  • 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar

  • 3 Tbsp olive oil

  • 4 pita bread

  • lettuce

  • 1/4 cup basil pesto

  • a few mint leaves

    to garnish

Method

To make Baba Ghanoush
1

Preheat barbecue grill.

2

Roast eggplant over barbecue grill or open flame, turning regularly, until it starts to collapse and the skin is quite black, about 15 minutes.

3

Set aside to cool.

4

Remove every bit of skin and discard, then very quickly rinse eggplant under cold water.

5

Press flesh with the back of a spoon or potato masher to remove excess liquid, or place in a colander to drain.

6

Chop flesh and place in a bowl with garlic, parsley, tahini and cumin and stir to combine.

7

Stir in lemon juice and oil.

To make beef
1

Heat a barbecue until hot.

2

Rub beef steaks with a little oil, season and place on the barbecue with a space between each.

3

Barbecue for 3 minutes on each side for medium-rare steaks.

4

Remove steaks to a warm plate and cover loosely with foil and leave to rest for 5 minutes.

5

Season as required.

To serve
1

In a bowl, combine tomatoes and mint.

2

Drizzle over vinegar and oil and season to taste.

3

Plate steaks with pita bread, baba ghanoush, cos lettuce leaves and tomato salad.

4

Top with a little basil pesto.

Nutrition Information per Serving (338g)

This nutrition analysis is based on 6 serves.

Energy
2397kJ (573 kcal)
Protein
35.6g
Total Fat
33.4g
Saturated Fat
6.8g
Carbohydrate
28.5g
Dietary Fibre
9.0g
Sodium
278mg
Iron
5.2mg
Zinc
6.2mg
Vitamin B12
1.4µg