Clare Coghill

Baba Ganoush

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Preparation info
  • Feeds

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      30 min

Appears in
Cafe Cùil Cookbook: Recipes from the Isle of Skye
Cafe Cùil Cookbook

By Clare Coghill

Published 2025

  • About

I first tried baba ganoush, the king of Middle Eastern cuisine, in Istanbul and fell in love with it. This is my interpretation – in the café we serve it with roasted cauliflower and Highland redcurrants.

Ingredients

  • 1 large aubergine
  • 1 tbsp tahini
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
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Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 220°C/200°C fan.
  2. First, we want to char the aubergine to get a good, smoky flavour. If you have a gas hob, put a ring on full flame and carefully place the whole aubergine directly onto the hob ring. Let the skin cha