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    Home » Recipes » Vegetables and Sides

    Grilled Baby Eggplant & Plum Tomatoes with Fresh Basil

    Published: Aug 12, 2014 · Modified: Jul 27, 2019 by Marisa Franca · 2 Comments

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    Summer brings such a wealth of vegetables. . . . . sometimes unusual ones . . . . like the cute baby eggplant. . . .

    . . . .that I find I'm a little overwhelmed . . . .

    . . . . you know . . . .a bit confused about which ones to buy. . . .

    . . . .because I want to buy then taste  each and every one of them.

    You go to the farmers market or to the grocery store and it's a little hard to narrow down the selections. . . . 

    . . . . especially when veggies like  beautiful shiny purple eggplants and bright red plum tomatoes are on sale and featured for the week.

    Baby Eggplant ready for the grill at allourway.com

    Baby Eggplant

    You know you can't possibly eat all that you want to buy . . . . but the desire to try is still there. 

    Don't you wish we had a longer growing season? 

    It certainly would be easier to prepare healthy meals . . . . plus it'd be a breeze to get in our fresh veggies. . . . and fruit. 

    Right now we have lots of fresh basil. . . . and our cherry tomatoes are starting to look like clusters of red grapes on the vine. 

    Our Rutgers tomatoes are ripening and we've already enjoyed our extra crunchy fried green tomatoes. 

    Are those little devils ever good . . . . they keep tempting me to eat just one more . . . . and one more leads to another. 

    I know. . . . fried . . . . not too good for you . . . . but we do it just once in a while. . . . it's like a treat. 

    We're very limited on garden space . . . . too many trees . . . . and not enough sunshine. . . . but if we did have the space and the sunshine the baby eggplant would definitely go in our garden. 

    Ingredients for grilled baby eggplant & plum tomatoes with fresh tomatoes at allourway.com

    Ingredients for Grilled Baby Eggplant & Plum Tomatoes with Fresh Basil

     And then the ingredients for the Grilled Baby Eggplant and Plum Tomatoes with Fresh Basil would be right in our back yard. . . . ready to pick whenever we wanted.

    Don't you find that it is so much easier to find interesting recipes for summer's bounty of vegetables versus autumn's and winter's?

    It was easy finding this recipe . . . . all I had to do was ask Mr. Google to look up baby eggplant recipe . . . .

    . . . . ecco!

    There were so many recipes . . . . but Grilled Baby Eggplant & Plum Tomatoes with Fresh Basil stood out.

    It's not only easy to put together . . . . it's grilled . . . . in the summer that's always a plus. 

    Marinating the Baby Eggplant & Plum Tomatoes Before Grilling at allourway.com

    Marinating the Baby Eggplant & Plum Tomatoes Before Grilling

    The vegetables are cut in half . . . . and marinated in olive oil, garlic, thyme and  pepper.

    Grilling Eggplant for recipe Grilled Baby Eggplant & Plum Tomatoes with Fresh Basil at allourway.com

    Grilling Baby Eggplant for Grilled Baby Eggplant & Plum Tomatoes with Fresh Basil

    First the baby eggplants are put on the  grill. . . . they take a little longer . . . . about 10 minutes. 

    Grilling Plum Tomatoes for Grilled Baby Eggplant and Plum Tomatoes and Fresh Basil recipe at allourway.com

    Grilling Plum Tomatoes for Grilled Baby Eggplant and Plum Tomatos with Fresh Basil

    Then its the plum tomatoes turn . . . . they're grilled cut side down . . . . just until they're slightly charred. . . .

    . . . . about 2 to 5 minutes.

    Grilled baby eggplant and plum tomatoes with fresh basil at Allourway.com

    Grilled Baby Eggplant and Plum Tomatoes with Fresh Basil

    Once they are both done the eggplant and tomatoes are mixed on a serving platter . . . .

    . . . . fresh basil and Pecorino cheese are scattered over the veggies with more garlic oil drizzled on top.

    Oh my!! These flavors are truly an ode to summer and its rich bounty.

    Ingredients for grilled baby eggplant & plum tomatoes with fresh tomatoes at allourway.com

    Grilled Baby Eggplant & Plum Tomatoes with Fresh Basil

    The baby eggplant and plum tomatoes are marinated first in a garlic olive oil then grilled and finally topped with fresh basil and shaved pecorino cheese.
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    Course: vegetable side, Vegetables
    Cuisine: American-Italian
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Servings: 8 people
    Calories: 102kcal
    Author: Marisa Franca @ All Our Way
    As An Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Ingredients

    • 2 cloves garlic
    • 1 teaspoons kosher salt
    • ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil; more for drizzling
    • 1 generous teaspoons minced fresh thyme
    • Freshly ground black pepper
    • 3 to 4 baby eggplant
    • ¾ lb. ripe but firm plum tomatoes about 3 , halved through the stem end
    • 5 large fresh basil leaves chiffonade - sliced in thin ribbons
    • ¼ cup shaved Pecorino about ½ oz.

    Instructions

    • Heat a gas grill to high, covered. Mince the garlic, sprinkle the salt over it, and scrape repeatedly with the flat side of a chef's knife until the garlic is mashed to a paste. Combine the garlic paste with the olive oil in a small bowl and add the thyme and a generous amount of pepper.
    • Trim the tops off each eggplant. Score the eggplant skin lengthwise with the tines of a fork. Cut each eggplant in half lengthwise and, using the sharp tip of a knife, score the cut sides in a crosshatch pattern, going halfway through the flesh, abut ½ inch deep. Gently knock out any loose seeds from the tomatoes. Put the eggplant and tomatoes in a glass baking dish large enough to hold them. Toss with the garlic oil and sprinkle them with pepper.
    • With the lid down, grill the eggplant on both sides until tender and deeply colored but not burnt, about 10 minutes. Grill the tomatoes, cut sides down, just until they're nicely warmed and slightly charred, 2 to 5 minutes. Baste the vegetables while grilling with the remaining seasoned oil. Mix the eggplant and tomatoes on a serving platter and scatter the basil and cheese over them. Drizzle more oil on top or pass a bottle of extra-virgin olive oil at the table.

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 8g | Calories: 102kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 332mg | Potassium: 295mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 400IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 1mg

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