Manolla’s Venezuelan Pickled Eggplant Salad
5 kg eggplant
15 g black pepper (not ground)
salt
vinegar
1 head garlic, peeled and sliced
oil
Peel eggplant, julienne it into 5 mm thick strips (I use V-Slicer to create slices of absolutely equal thickness). Transfer it into large strainer layer by layer. Salt each layer a lot. Leave it like that for two hours. This is necessary because salt removes the bitterness from the eggplant. After that time, squeeze out the bitter water from the eggplant slightly.
Fill pot with the mixture of vinegar and water (you will have to work by your taste here, it should be as sour as you can tolerate). Blanch eggplant in this mixture until it becomes pale, and take it out back in a strainer. During the process, if the mixture looses sourness, make a new one.
Crush pepper through the paper towel. Add it to the eggplant as well as garlic and mix everything well in a large bowl. Let cool completely. Fill clean jars with it and pour enough oil inside that the whole eggplant is soaked. Close the jars. Store in a dark dry cold place. This should be eaten after 3-4 weeks. Once the jar is opened, it should be stored in the refrigerator.
Note: I am sending this for the Weekend Herb Blogging event, hosted this week by Dee from The Daily Tiffin.
14 Comments
Prvo odmah da ti kažem da salata i te kako izgleda privlačno ali na tvojim fotkama apsolutno sve izgleda božanstveno.Dok sam čitala post zamišljala sam si Manollu i u moj glavi ona izgleda kao Selma Hayek. :DŠto se recepta tiče prije nikako nisam mogla jesti patlidžan, bio mi je pregorak no s vremenom sam ga počela cijeniti. Sviđa mi se salata ali nisam vična kiseljenju i zimnici. Ipak nikad se ne zna možda na jesen i probam.
vična pravljenju zimnice, a i moj dragi ne jede patlidžan…no, ipak…možda se okušam jednom
A delicious looking salad! Interesting…Cheers,Rosa
You always have the best, most interesting looking recipes I’ve never even heard of. Thank you for this one.Morgan
How nice it is to be able to re-create a recipe you have vivid memories of from your childhood!
Ni moj dragi nije baš lud za patlidžanima pa ih rijetko jedemo, iako ih ja obožvam! Salata izgleda divno. Nasmijala me Andrea i S. H.
Andrea, Vali, Manolla je bila totalna suprotnost S. H.! Plave kose i mršava, onako sitna, nije bila mnogo viša od mene sa 10-ak godina
Wow, this is really interesting, the only eggplant pickle salad I know is the Indian version.Sounds delicious.Cheers,Elra
This looks delicious, definitely a new way for me to enjoy eggplant.
Very interesting salad, must be delicious, everything you make is worth tasting, plus I do love eggplant! Cute story!p.s. Jedva cekam da vidim tortu, mogu misliti kako ce divno izgledati, kao i svako djelo tvojih ruku!!! Pozdrav!
dear Marija I can not eat eggplant .. but a very nice salad. kissed bye ….yeşim
Great recipe – I bet it’s a wonderful accompaniment to grilled meat (at least for the meat-eaters among us). Eggplant never has good color, but it sure makes up for it with flavor.
I want to ask about the end of the recipe. It says it can be stored in a cool dark place. Do I understand it can be kept in the jar for a while? you mention it is ready for eating at the New Year. Once you open a jar, then you have to keep it in the refrigerator? Please clarify.
Hi L,We make this salad in late October and keep it in jars in a cupboard on the balcony.Once you open a jar it should be kept in the fridge. I made a typo That is what confused you. So sorry. I made a correction. Hope this helps.Marija
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