This weeks world recipe comes from Croatia.  Ajvar is a multi-functional dish that is used as a dip, a side dish, or even a sauce.

Ingredients:

• 2 lg Eggplants
• 6 lg Red or green sweet peppers
• salt
• pepper
• 1 garlic clove; minced
• 1 lemon; juiced
• 1/2 c oil, preferably olive oil
• parsley; minced

Directions:

Bake Eggplants and sweet peppers at 350 F until tender when pierced with a fork. Peel skin from hot vegetables and chop or mince the vegetables. Season to taste with salt and pepper and stir in the garlic and lemon juice. Gradually stir in as much of the oil as the vegetables will absorb. Mix well. Pile into a glass dish and sprinkle with parsley.

(serves 6)