Aubergine paté with creamy cucumber curd

AUTHOR
Eunice Scott
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 300 g Wholemeal wheat flour
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 3 Eggs (size M)
  • 150 g Butter or margarine
  • 4 small aubergines
  • 3-4 (approx. 200 g) Tomatoes
  • 250 g Cauliflower
  • 1/2 bunch fresh or 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1/2 bunch Chives
  • 250 g Cream curd
  • 1/2 (75 g) Cup of cream yoghurt
  • 1/2 pickled cucumber
  • 7-10 Tbsp Oil

Directions

  1. 1

    Knead flour, 1 pinch of salt, 1 egg and fat. Cool for 30 minutes. Clean and wash the aubergines and cut them in half lengthwise. Hollow out to a 1 cm thick edge. Finely dice the flesh. Salt aubergines and flesh.

  2. 2

    Clean, wash and finely dice the tomatoes and cauliflower. Steam cabbage in little boiling salted water for about 5 minutes. Drain. Wash thyme and chop finely. Dab aubergines and pulp dry.

  3. 3

    Mix the remaining eggs, tomatoes, cabbage, eggplant flesh and thyme and season. Fill 4 eggplant halves with it. Cover with the remaining halves. Roll out the dough and cut it into rectangles of an appropriate size to wrap the aubergines in.

  4. 4

    Bake on a greased baking tray in a preheated oven (electric oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for 30-40 minutes. Cover if necessary. Wash the chives and cut into small rolls. Put something aside for garnishing.

  5. 5

    Mix with quark and yoghurt. Wash the cucumber and dice finely, except for one piece. Stir in and season. Arrange aubergines and quark. Garnish with cucumber slices.