Caponata Authentic And Delicious Food

CAPONATA RECIPE | AUTHENTIC SICILIAN VERSION

Steps:

• cut the eggplats into small cubes
• clean the onion and slice it
• Cut the celery into cubes and cook them for 5 minutes
• Desalt the capers
• Toast the pine nuts
• in a bowl mix vinegar with sugar
• fry the eggplants for a few minutes
• In a large saucepan, sauté the onion until soft and golden
• add celery, capers, olives, pine nuts and tomato passata
• Stir, cover with the lid and cook over low heat for 20 minutes.
• Finally add the sweet-sour sauce
• Turn off the heat and add the fried eggplants

CAPONATA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, toss the eggplant generously with olive oil and salt, to taste. Spread out on a baking sheet and roast until the eggplant is soft and mushy, about 15 to 20 minutes. Reserve.
• Coat a wide deep pot with olive oil. Toss in the onion and crushed red pepper and season with salt, to taste. Cook over medium-high heat until the onions are soft and aromatic, about 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add the fennel, celery and garlic and cook for another 5 to 6 minutes. Stir in the peppers and cook for another 5 to 6 minutes. Add the zucchini, season with salt, to taste, and cook until the zucchini and all the veggies are soft and aromatic and starting to come together as a stew, about 5 to 6 minutes. Toss in the eggplant, 1/2 cup of water and the tomato paste. Cook until the water has evaporated. Dissolve the sugar in the vinegar in a small bowl and add it to the mixture. Stir in the raisins, capers, pine nuts and mint. Cook for another 5 to 6 minutes.
• Let cool and transfer the caponata to a serving bowl. Serve immediately or even better tomorrow or the next day.

CAPONATA AUTHENTIC AND DELICIOUS

Steps:

• Warm ½ cup of the olive oil in a large skillet pan on medium high heat. Add eggplant and cook until lightly brown, but still firm, about 5 minutes. Set aside in a a flameproof casserole or deep sauce pan.
• Warm the 2 tablespoons of olive oil in the skillet and add the onions. Cook until wilted, about 4 minutes. Stir in celery, then tomatoes. Crush the tomatoes with the back of a slotted spoon. Simmer over medium low heat until the tomatoes begin to sweeten, but celery is still crisp, about 15 minutes. Stir in capers and pine nuts. Transfer this into the casserole pan with the eggplant.
• In a small sauce pan on low heat, stir together sugar and vinegar. Warm until it dissolves. Stir into the eggplant mixture. Season with salt and pepper.
• Cover and simmer over low heat, stirring frequently until tomatoes are cooked and the vegetables are tender but not mushy-about 15-20 minutes.
• Store in refrigerator. Keeps for a week or a little more. Serve warm, room temperature, or chilled. Delicious on Italian country bread or bruschetta!