may's kitchen
recipe Christine Ho
Ingredients:
Method:
recipe Christine Ho
Ingredients:
- 1 large eggplant (aubergine), about 375 gm
- oil, to taste
- sea salt, to taste
- sesame seeds, roasted for garnish
- chopped spring onion, for garnish
- 100 ml mirin
- 1½ Tbsp white miso paste
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp Japanese soy sauce
- 2 tsp Japanese cooking wine
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180C / 356F.
- Rinse the eggplant. Cut it in half lengthwise. Score the flesh deeply, yet not cut through to the skin, with the tip of a sharp knife in a cross-hatch pattern (as shown in picture above). Spray the cut side or brush with oil and season with salt.
- Transfer the eggplant to a lined baking tray. Cover with a foil and bake in the preheated oven for about 40 minutes, until the eggplant is softened.
- In the meantime, combine all the ingredients of sauce in a small sauce pan. Cook over medium heat and stir occasionally. When it starts to boil and the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from the heat.
- Remove the eggplant from the oven. Discard the excess water. Drizzle the sauce over the top. Sprinkle sesame seeds and spring onion for garnish. Serve immediately.