Unusual food combinations are so appealing to me. One cold afternoon, I went to do one my favourite rainy day things and strolled through a Chapters while sipping a blasphemous over-sugared Starbucks concoction. I stumbled upon a pile of cookbooks and was immediately drawn to Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi. The photography is breathtaking and completely inspiring. I quickly tucked it under my arm and proceeded to the cash register. I don’t buy cookbooks very often and this one was also entirely vegetarian which is crazy for such a carnivore like myself.
Weeks later I invited a favourite couple of mine over for a loosely Mediterranean style dinner to thank them for graciously storing my off-season tires in their garage all year.
This recipe is the most eye catching and strangely delicious with pops of pomegranate, tangy yogurt sauce and succulent eggplant underneath. I must admit I did wing some of it because I was missing some of the ingredients but I feel it captured the essence nonetheless.
Here’s the recipe!