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Caponatina

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Posted 07/28/10 by ChefSnowball
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Venues: On The Road: Tastes of the World
Produce & All Things Green
Categories: Fruit
Vegetables
Sub Categories: Celery
Eggplant
Garlic
Grapes
Nuts
Olives & Capers
Onion Family
Places: Sicily, Italy
Keywords: caponatina, appetizer, eggplant, pinoli, capers, olives, raisins,
Ingredients:
1 medium size eggplant, finely diced
1 small onion, diced
1 stalk of celery, diced
1 small red bell pepper, diced
1 8 oz can of tomato sauce
6 green olives, pitted and chopped
6 black olives, pitted and chopped
1 tablespoon capers
1 tablespoon pine nuts
2 tablespoons of raisins
1/2 cup of olive oil
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Preparation:
Prepare the eggplant by salting them and letting them stand around a half an hour or more to release the excess water. Rinse and pat dry with a paper towel.

In a frying pan sauté the eggplant in olive oil until tender. Remove the eggplant from the pan and drain on a paper towel and set aside. Add the onions, celery and bell pepper to the pan and sauté until tender, about 3 minutes. Stir in tomato sauce, olives, capers, pine nuts and raisins and simmer for 15 minutes.

In a separate saucepan, slowly heat the vinegar and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Stir the sugar vinegar mixture into the tomato sauce . Stir in the eggplant. Season with salt and pepper.

Serve warm or cool to room temperature before serving. Serve on toasted bread.
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