Mounya's Fruit Guacamole on a Ricotta Bed

Mounya came up with this idea last night, when she invited me for dinner. We had a delicious green curry soup with a strong limey flavour, and for dessert this. It's remarkably simple, healthy, cheap, nutritious and convenient. Everybody likes fruit, and if you're vegan, you can always prepare an alternative ricotta with nuts, which is also easy to make.

Ingredients:
~2 cups of strawberries
1 banana
1 avocado
2 spoonfuls of ricotta, or an exaggerated spoonful (as shown in the picture)
Honey/Agave syrup

Some fresh basil leaves

Scoop up enough ricotta to cover the bottom of the plate you'll serve the dish on.

Sweeten it with some honey. To taste, and depending on how much ricotta you used.

Stir well, and then spread it on the serving dish.


Scoop out one whole avocado into stirring bowl.

Mash and stir well, till you've got punto de Guacamole.

Slice some of the fruit, chop up the rest. The slices will be used to decorate the dish, so reserve them.

The crushed bits go into the squashed avocado.

Again, sweeten with honey.

Stir and squash, of course.

If it looks gooey, you know you're on the right track. It's a type of Guacamole, after all.

Don't be afraid to pour it over the pure, virginal-white Ricotta bed.

Decorate it with the sliced fruit and honey.

Mince some fresh basil leaves and sprinkle over dish.

Let it sit on the fridge for some ten minutes, and serve cool.

Mounya's Mutabbal

Also known as Baba Ghannouj, Babaganoush and Moutabbal.

4 eggplants
tahina
2/3 lemons (depending on taste)
salt
olive oil
garlic (optional)

This first step surprises everyone but it is what gives
the smoked taste to the dish, so I recommend it:

Put the 4 eggplants on a fire each (gas) directly and
unpeeled - wait for one side to be burned and tender
(the skin will take the shape of the metal. I know it
is not clear now but when you see it you will
understand) then you do the same thing on the other
side.
They should be soft and usually lose water.
Wait for them to be lukewarm and peel (I collect the
inside with a big spoon, but I am sure there are tons
of techniques).
I put it in a drain to get rid of the water, then put
in a bowl and mix with hands (you can use the mixer but
I like this texture better).
Add tahine (2/3 table spoons) and lemon (2 for a start)
and salt and a little bit of olive oil. Mix. taste and
add any of the above until you reach your perfect
balance. (I have it very lemony, my Mom puts a lot of
tahine, my brother likes it with garlic...)
Be careful with the tahine, it soakes up a lot of
liquid (water, lemon) so add it little by little.