Aubergines and Courgettes with Labneh and Pine Nuts

Easy to prepare, light and delicious to eat, this is refreshing and wholesome, with a good crunch to it. It can be served as hors d’oeuvre on individual plates for a seated dinner, or adds a note of earthy simplicity to other mezze dishes. Aubergines (eggplants) from the area south of Bethlehem – renowned for its water springs and rich soil – are the most flavoursome and tender, with very thin skins, but are only briefly in season. Rihawi aubergines, so-called because largely grown in the J