Our friends Sam and Patty were over for dinner one night, and I had thrown an eggplant on the grill with the thought of making something dippish. Patty and I stood in the kitchen, combining the smoky, silky eggplant with a little of this and a little of that until we both said, "That's it!" We set out to recreate it one night, me adding ingredients, her taking notes, and both of us tasting. The finished product is inspired by baba ganoush, but the smoked paprika and balsamic vinegar are what really make me want to eat an entire bowlful.

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