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Recipe: Catherine Scorsese's Caponatina Siciliana

Categories: Cklive17

Yield: 1 servings

      2 lg Eggplants
           Salt to taste
      1    Jar oil-cured black olives;
           -- pitted and halved (
           -- 6 1/2 ounces)
      1    Jar green olives with
           -- pimentos; drained and
           -- halved
           -- ( 5 3/4 ounces)
      1    Jar capers; (3 ounces)
      4 lg Stal celery; diced
    1/2 c  To 2/3 cup olive oil
      2 lg Onions; sliced
      2 cn Tomato sauce; (16 ounces
           -- each)
           Freshly ground pepper to
           -- taste

1/4 c Sugar
1/2 c Red wine vinegar

Trim the eggplants, cut them into 1-inch cubes, and transfer them to a colander. Sprinkle with salt and let them stand for 30 minutes. Rinse, drain well and pat dry.

In a bowl, combine the black olives, green olives and capers. Cover with warm water and let them plump for 20 minutes, drain well.

In a saucepan of boiling water, blanch the celery for 1 to 2 minutes, or until just tender. Drain and pat dry.

In a large skillet set over moderate heat, heat 3 tablespoons olive oil until hot. Add the eggplant in small batches and cook it, stirring occasionally and adding 3 to 4 tablespoons of water to prevent sticking, until just tender and golden brown. Transfer the fried eggplant to a bowl and, adding oil and water as needed, fry the remaining eggplant.

Add 2 tablespoons of oil to the skillet and heat it until hot over moderate heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, just until tender. Add the tomato sauce, 2 cups water, the reserved eggplant, olives, capers, celery, and season with salt and pepper. Simmer the mixture over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.

In a small bowl, combine the sugar and vinegar, stirring until dissolved. Add the sugar mixture to the eggplant mixture and stir to combine. Transfer the caponatina to a bowl, let it cool to room temperature, and chill it, covered, for 1 to 2 days to allow the flavors to blend.

Yield: 8 to 10 servings

Converted by MC_Buster.

Per serving: 709 Calories (kcal); 3g Total Fat; (3% calories from fat); 20g Protein; 173g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 3449mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 21 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat; 4 Other Carbohydrates

Recipe by: COOKING LIVE SHOW # CL9295

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.


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