Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Pairing Food News Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Wineries Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Lyndey Milans Semolina-crusted eggplant with honey and chilli Food Lyndey Milans Semolina-crusted eggplant with honey and chilli Preparation time 5 Minutes Cooking time 15 Minutes Serves 4 or 8 as tapas Lyndey Milan's Semolina - crusted eggplant with honey and chilli is an interesting, textural dish that pairs nicely with light to medium-bodied reds like Pinot, Gamay or Nero d'Avola. Avoid anything too heavy or tannic. Ingredients 2 large eggplant Extra virgin olive oil, for frying ½ cup (125ml) milk 1/3 cup (55g) semolina ½ teaspoon sea salt flakes, crushed 1/3 cup (80 ml) yellowbox or redgum honey 1 tsp Aleppo pepper flakes (Turkish chilli flakes), or to taste, to serve Thyme sprigs, to serve Recipe by: Lyndey Milan Photography by: John Paul Urizar Styling by: Michaela Le Compte Method 1. Peel the eggplant and cut them into 2cm wide long fingers. 2. Pour milk into a small bowl and put semolina on a small plate and season well with salt. Dip the eggplant pieces into the milk, then shake off any excess and roll the pieces in the seasoned semolina. 3. Heat approx. 5 cm oil over high heat in a large, deep frying pan, wok or saucepan. 4. Cook eggplant in batches for a minute or so on each side until browned all over and flesh is soft. 5. Drain on a paper-lined plate. 6. To serve, drizzle over honey and sprinkle with thyme sprigs and Aleppo pepper. Wine Match Pinot Noir, Gamay or Nero D'Avola Food Preparation Time 5 Minutes Cooking Time 15 Minutes Serves 4 or 8 as tapas Wine Match St Huberts Pinot Noir 2023 $42.50 in any 12 $45.00 in any 6 $50.00 each Price | options $42.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart St Huberts Limited Release Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2023 $46.75 in any 12 $49.50 in any 6 $55.00 each Price | options $46.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Pooley Pinot Noir 2023 $49.30 in any 12 $52.20 in any 6 $58.00 each Price | options $49.30 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart William Downie Cathedral Pinot Noir 2024 $32.30 in any 12 $34.20 in any 6 $38.00 each Price | options $32.30 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Bec Hardy Pinot Noir 2023 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Exclusive Andrew Peace Pinot Noir 2023 $23.80 in any 12 $25.20 in any 6 $28.00 each Price | options $23.80 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Spurling Pinot Noir 2024 $38.25 in any 12 $40.50 in any 6 $45.00 each Price | options $38.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Riversdale Estate Scorpio Pinot Noir 2024 $35.70 in any 12 $37.80 in any 6 $42.00 each Price | options $35.70 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Coldstream Hills Deer Farm Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022 $55.25 in any 12 $58.50 in any 6 $65.00 each Price | options $55.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Eddystone Point Pinot Noir 2022 $30.60 in any 12 $32.40 in any 6 $36.00 each Price | options $30.60 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Shop Wine Discover more recipes from Lyndey Milan Food Lyndey Milan's barbequed peach & fennel salad with mint pesto Words by Lyndey Milan on 7 Nov 2019 Food Lyndey Milan’s Warm asparagus & artichoke salad Food Lyndey Milan’s Middle Eastern vegetable tart