Here’s the secret to giving your eggplant caviar a delicious smoky taste!

The summer season is the perfect opportunity to enjoy a few aperitifs on the terrace after a day of work. As for drinks, we find classics like beer or spritz. For the aperitif board, it’s the same thing: cheese, cold cuts and bread. To twist things up a bit, nothing better than betting on spreads. If we particularly like guacamole or hummus, we never refuse a good eggplant caviar.

Very simple to prepare, there are nevertheless a few tips to know to make it truly irresistible. Indeed, like baba ganoush or moutabal, Lebanese eggplant caviar, we appreciate it all the more with a slightly smoky taste. But then how do you get this subtle flavor? We explain everything to you.

The secret of baba ganoush is its cooking. It is surely the detail that makes all the difference. So to make your homemade eggplant caviar, we advise you to take inspiration from it. Forget the oven and if you can, the best is to place your eggplants directly on a fire: either a direct gas fire or a wood fire if you have the possibility. It is this direct contact that will bring this smoky taste so unique, truly incredible. However, be careful with this cooking method and monitor this process carefully.

The best thing is to prick your eggplants about ten times beforehand using a thin knife and then place them directly on the gas burner, as explained the media Le Fooding. The eggplant should turn black and be well burned. Do not hesitate to turn it over to allow it to cook on both sides. Allow about 7 to 10 minutes on high heat for each side.

And if you don’t have the possibility to carry out this method, opt for the oven but remember to put it in grill mode, which will always be better.

Otherwise, for the summer, there is nothing better than the barbecue to cook the eggplants well. Don’t be afraid to let them become very black. In a Youtube videoFrançois-Régis Gaudry used this cooking method to make his homemade baba ganoush. He runs his eggplants under water to peel them more easily and that’s it!

Now you know how to add a little smoky flavor to your eggplant caviar. It’s up to you to try it.