Stop making a face. Fried eggplant with honey and feta cheese will knock your socks off. It’s quick and easy to make and gluten free if you use rice flour to make the batter. In Spain they call it berenjenas con miel and you’ll see the eggplant sliced into rounds or batons, depending on the chef.
My daughter gave me a couple small eggplants. They came from her very first garden. I used two to make this lovely dish. Plan on two small (about half a pound) eggplants for four people.
Feel free to use your favorite tempura style batter if you prefer. I used a cup of rice flour and a cup of water whisked together and seasoned with smoky pimentón and salt. This was more than enough for two baby eggplants. It fried up delightfully crispy.
I used olive oil for frying, but think an oil with a higher smoke point would have been better. This isn’t a dish you can walk away from while the oil is hot.
Ingredients
- 2 small eggplants sliced into 1/2" rounds
- 1 cup rice flour
- 1 cup cold water
- 1 teaspoon smoky paprika (we use pimentón de la vera)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- oil for frying
- honey for drizzling
- feta cheese for crumbling
- chopped parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Mix the rice flour, water, salt and smoky paprika to make a thick batter.
- Measure the oil in a large skillet. You want it about a 1/4" deep. It's hot when the oil seems to ripple on the surface. You could also drop some batter in. If it sizzles, the oil is ready.
- Working in batches, coat the eggplant in the batter and fry on both sides until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side.
- When finished, remove the golden brown disks of delight to a paper towel lined plate. Sprinkle with a little salt.
- To serve, place a few slices on a plate and drizzle with a little honey. Crumble a little feta cheese over top. Top with chopped parsley.
Eggplant with honey. One taste and you’ll be a believer.
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Thanks For Sharing this amazing recipe. My family loved it. I will be sharing this recipe with my friends. Hope the will like it.
Thank you for letting me know, Ashok! It’s a favorite for us, too. Have a great weekend 🙂
Yum! I feel like I was made for Tapas, maybe need to move to Spain! Thanks for sharing!
Looks delicious to me! I wish my kids would eat it…it’s one of the few veggies they don’t really care for. 🙁 I’ll have to make this for my husband and I. Pinning!
I didn’t want anything to do with eggplant until I was an adult, either! Maybe they’ll like this, though. It’s sweet and salty, creamy and crunchy all at the same time 🙂
This sounds absolutely amazing. I love eggplant but am the only one in the house that will eat it. I may just buy one and make this my meal one night and Grumpy can fend for himself!
You can definitely make a meal out of it. We have! 🙂
Oh wow-I’ve been looking for a blog hop or something of the sort to join and you stopped me dead in my clicking…eggplant (yum), feta (yum), honey (yuuum) and smoked paprika!!! I am so excited to try this this weekend!!!
On a side note-how does Tapas Tuesday work??
I hope you enjoy the Eggplant with Honey and Feta…it’s soooo delicious! Tapas Tuesday is a feature I’ll do on most Tuesdays with some tapas or another. I’ve started a link party on the last Tuesday of the month with the intention of featuring appetizers and desserts, but it’s open to just about anything. I hope you’ll join us!
Yumm….this sounds tasty. I am going to try it out soon. Meantime, pinning it.
Thank you so much..!
Ellya
I hope you like it. Thanks for dropping by 🙂
Love new recipes, and eggplant, so pinning to my veggie board.
Oooh aubergine with honey?! That sounds really weird – but then I love feta and your post is pretty convincing – maybe I’ll try it after all!
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We were skeptical at first, too 🙂
Hi,Over from the Friendly Friday Blog Hop, This sounds yummy thank you for sharing i might just have to give it ago 🙂
Please let me know how you liked it! 🙂
That looks yummy! I love feta cheese 🙂 Just stopping by from the Friendly Friday Blog Hop xx
Emma
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It’s a really good combination. Hope you give it a try 🙂
Just found your blog and am really enjoying it! How wonderful to cook with your hubby. This recipe looks delicious. No face making here-feta cheese should have its own food group 🙂
re: feta cheese…I know, right? Glad to “meet” you 🙂