Grilled Eggplant Pizza
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Grilled Eggplant topped with lots of herbs, feta and a lemony garlic vinaigrette a cauliflower pizza crust. Eggplant seasoning adapted from Fine Cooking.
Author: Healthy Gluten-Free Family
Recipe type: Dinner, Sides
Cuisine: Gluten-free, Vegetarian
Serves: 1 pizza
Ingredients
- 1 Cauliflower pizza crust or gluten-free pizza crust of your choice. (We used Califlour Foods)
Lemony Garlic Vinaigrette & Lemony Shallots
- 1 small clove garlic, minced
- Kosher salt
- 1½ tablespoon. fresh lemon juice, divided
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds, light crushed with a back of a spoon
- Pinch cayenne
- 1 small shallot, very finely diced
Eggplant
- 1 large eggplant or 2-3 small ones, cut into ¼ inch-thick slices
- 3 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil; more as needed
- Kosher salt.
Toppings
- ¼ cup crumbled feta
- 2 tablespoons fresh mint, chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
Instructions
Lemony Garlic Vinaigrette
- In a liquid measuring cup, add minced garlic, sprinkle with salt, and mash into a paste with the back of a spoon. Add 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice let sit for 10 minutes.
- Whisk the olive oil, cumin, and cayenne into the garlic mixture. Season to taste with salt and additional cayenne if desired.
Lemony Shallots
- Combine the shallot with the remaining ½ tablespoon lemon juice and a pinch of salt in another bowl and let sit for 10 minutes.
Grilled eggplant:
- Brush both sides of the eggplant slices with olive oil and season with salt. Place eggplant on a grill tray and grill over medium high heat until golden-brown grill marks form, 3-4 minutes. Turn the eggplant and grill until tender and grill marks form on the second sides, approximately 3 to 4 minutes more. (The interior should be grayish and soft rather than white and hard). Alternatively, use an indoor grill pan, 3-4 minutes each side.
Cauliflour Pizza Crust
- While the eggplant grills, prepare pizza crust according to package.
Assemble
- Top prepared pizza with grilled eggplant slices.
- Then top eggplant with the shallots, feta, and herbs.
- Whisk the vinaigrette one more time and drizzle it on top.
- Serve and enjoy!
