Mahi-Mahi Eggplant Goat Cheese Salad Demo - Brennecke's in Poipu - KVIC-TV, myKauai.com [Chef Demo]

Brennecke's Dave Boucher takes us through their Mahi-Mahi Eggplant Goat Cheese Salad, step by step.

Ingredients: shallots, garlic, dijon mustard, balsamic vinaigrette, olive oil, orange juice, simple syrup, parsley, thyme, eggplant, salt, pepper, mahi, butter,kalamata olives, capers, goat cheese, salad greens.

1) Make the vinaigrette first: Sauté shallots, sauté garlic, add both to dijon mustard.

2) Thin the mixture out with balsamic vinaigrette.

3) Add virgin olive oil and orange juice, "and a little bit of simple syrup for a sweetener... Alternate virgin olive oil, orange juice" to taste.

4) "Add chopped parsley, add a little bit of fresh thyme"

5) Take your eggplant, "slice it a quarter inch thick."

6) "Marinate it quickly with extra virgin olive oil and a little bit of salt and pepper, and a little bit of fresh garlic on top."

7) Marinate your mahi mahi with "some butter, salt and pepper for seasoning."

8) Broil it on the grill.

9) Grill the eggplant.

10) "We're going to top our mahi mahi... with kalamata olive tapanade." Mince kalamata olives in a food processor, add "fresh minced garlic, ground capers, chopped parsley, fresh thyme, and finish it off with extra virgin olive oil. mix it all together."

11) "Slice some goat cheese, take the eggplant, roll it up with the goat cheese." Add it to your salad greens.

12) Add your white balsamic vinaigrette. Add your "mahi mahi on top, grilled eggplant, and we finish it off with a little olive tapanade."

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