Spaceling Cafe: Appetizers and Snacks Archives

Ingredients

• approximately 1 lb. eggplant
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/4 cup olive oil, plus a bit extra for brushing the eggplant
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 tsp. of Aleppo pepper or crushed red pepper flakes
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 sheet (1/2 lb.) of pastry from a package of pre-rolled frozen puff pastry (I used Pepperidge Farm)
• 6 medium onions, halved and sliced
• 3 tbsp. butter
• 4-5 oz. good melting cheese (I used a domestic fontina)
• Leaves from a few sprigs fresh thyme