While prepped as a veggie, eggplants are actually a fruit! Especially known for their deep purple, almost black skins, eggplants also come in white or striped varieties.
How to choose
When choosing eggplants, opt for ones with vivid, glossy skins that are free of scars or blemishes, which usually indicate that flesh is overripe, soft, and bitter.
How to store
Eggplants keep up to one week in the fridge in a perforated plastic bag.
How to enjoy
Eggplants can be cooked with or without skin. To prepare, remove cap and, since they greatly absorb liquids during cooking, cover flesh in salt and drain for 30 minutes before prepping.
Eggplants are the preferred grilled vegetables of Mediterranean cuisine.
