Japanese Eggplant With Miso

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 50 g miso (red or )
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon mirin
• 1 tablespoon sake
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 eggplants
• salt, to taste
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
• 1 teaspoon japanese chilli five-spice powder (if you like it hot- this has black sesame, mandarin, chilli, hemp seed & sesame) (optional)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 4 green onions (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl mix together miso, sugar, sake, mirin, sake and egg yolk.
• 2 wash eggplant and cut lengthways in 1cm thick pieces. sprinkle with salt and leave ½ hour. rinse, pat dry then brush with a little veg oil on both sides.
• 3 either bbq, grill or panfry eggplant until soft.
• 4 spread one side with miso mix, and sprinkle with sesame seeds. grill for a few minutes until the miso bubbles on top.
• 5 serve, garnished with a little julienned spring onion greens.