Chocolate Aubergines
I've been dying to try out the seemingly bizarre combination of chocolate and aubergines for a few years now. This is a recipe from the Amalfi region in Italy, using steamed aubergines. There is also a fried aubergine with chocolate recipe which I'll try out at a later date.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Amalfi, Italy
Keyword: Chocolate aubergines
Servings: 6
- 6 finger aubergines keep the stalks on.
- 125 g ricotta
- 100 g candied fruit expensive ones if possible, diced
- 3 tbsp of sugar
- 100 g of dark chocolate broken into pieces. Save a little to grate into the ricotta.
- 3 tbsp of Southern Comfort
- 100 g of double cream
Steam the aubergines for 15 minutes or so, until a fork easily pierces them.
In the meantime mix the ricotta with the diced candied fruit, a little grated chocolate and the sugar.
Make the sauce: warming the cream and Southern Comfort, then adding the chocolate.
Remove the aubergines from the steam and slit them down the middle on one side, just enough to make a little pouch for the stuffing.
Dust each aubergine inside with a little more sugar.
Put a large tablespoon of the ricotta stuffing in each aubergine.
Place on a dish and pour the chocolate sauce over.
Chill for a couple of hours then serve.
You can add some more diced candied fruit on top if you wish.