Fried Aubergine with Honey

Name: Fried Aubergine with Honey
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 2 aubergines, cut into sticks; 60g plain flour; 0.5 tsp salt; 200ml olive oil, for frying; 3 tbsp runny honey; 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves

Golden crisp aubergine sticks drizzled with warm honey, a favourite in Andalusia.

Time30 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.82 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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2auberginescut into sticks
60 gplain flour
½ tspsalt
200 mlolive oilfor frying
3 tbsprunny honey
1 tbspfresh thyme leaves

Method

1
Toss the aubergine sticks in the flour and salt, shaking off the extra.
2
Heat the oil in a deep frying pan until hot enough to sizzle a pinch of flour.
3
Fry the aubergine in batches for 3 to 4 minutes until deep gold. Drain on kitchen paper.
3 min 30 s
4
Warm the honey for 20 seconds in a small pan or the microwave.
5
Pile the aubergine on a plate, drizzle with honey and scatter with thyme.

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