SicilianItalian
Sicilian Caponata
by Casa Pappagallo · 705K subscribers on YouTube
A classic Sicilian sweet and sour eggplant dish, simple yet delicious. The vegetables are fried and then combined with tomato, olives, capers? (note: no capers in this version) and vinegar, served cold.
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
11 itemsMethod
- Finely slice the onion and cut the celery into small pieces, removing the tough strings.
- In a saucepan with olive oil, stew the onion and celery over low heat until soft.
- Cut the bell peppers into strips and fry in hot oil until golden.
- Drain the peppers and let the oil reheat.
- Cut the eggplant into cubes and fry until golden.
- Meanwhile, add tomato (fresh or concentrate) and a few basil leaves to the stewed onion and celery.
- Add the fried peppers and eggplant, season with salt.
- Add olives, sugar, and vinegar. Turn up the heat to evaporate the alcohol.
- Once the alcohol has evaporated, turn off the heat and let it cool completely.
- Serve cold, preferably with bread.
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