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Roasted Pepper and Eggplant Spread with Crudités

A silky, smoky spread of oven-roasted red pepper, eggplant and garlic brightened with lemon and basil, scooped up with cool cucumber and crisp carrot sticks.

Roasted Pepper and Eggplant Spread with Crudités

Ingredients

  • 2 medium240 gRed bell pepperhalved and seeded
  • 5 cups cubed400 gEggplanthalved lengthwise
  • 3 cloves9 gGarliccloves left unpeeled
  • 1½ tbsp20 gOlive oil
  • 1 tbsp15 gLemon juice
  • ¼ cup30 gPumpkin seeds (pepitas)
  • ¾ tsp2 gPaprika (sweet or smoked)smoked
  • ¼ tsp2 gSalt
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gBlack pepper
  • ¼ cup leaves6 gFresh basiltorn
  • 1 medium (8 in.)300 gCucumbercut into spears
  • 4 medium250 gCarrotspeeled and cut into sticks

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C) and line a sheet pan with parchment.
  2. Score the cut sides of the eggplant and brush them and the bell pepper with half of the olive oil.
  3. Place the eggplant cut side down and the bell pepper skin side up on the pan, tuck the garlic cloves beside them, and roast 35 to 40 minutes, until the eggplant is very soft and the pepper skins are blistered.
  4. While the vegetables roast, toast the pumpkin seeds on a small tray in the same oven for 5 to 6 minutes until they pop and smell nutty, then set aside to cool.
  5. Cover the roasted bell pepper with a bowl for 10 minutes, then peel off the skins; scoop the eggplant flesh from its skin and squeeze the garlic from its peels.
  6. Finely chop the bell pepper, eggplant and garlic together on a board into a chunky spread, then stir in the remaining half of the olive oil, the lemon juice, smoked paprika, salt and black pepper.
  7. Spoon the spread into a bowl, cool to room temperature, and top with the toasted pumpkin seeds and torn basil.
  8. Serve with the cucumber spears and carrot sticks for dipping.

Allergens: none of the nine major allergens in the ingredients as written.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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