Friday, February 21, 2014

Lisa's Caponata

I diced up a whole eggplant (medium size). Salted for 30 minutes then wiped clean.  Then I diced up an onion and sauteed with 3 celery ribs diced, 3 plum tomatoes diced and lots of garlic minced..and parsley.  I cooked that for about 10 minutes, added in 1/4 jar of capers (from 3.7 ounce jar) and a handful of green olives halved, and sprinkled in some pine nuts.  Cooked another 5-10 minutes.

Then I took that mixture out and put in a bowl while I sauteed the eggplant in 2 batches until cooked down.  I then added the first mixture into the eggplant, with 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar, 2 TBSP sugar and about 2 TBSP tomato paste (maybe a little more).  I let all of it simmer for about 30 minutes on low.  Salt and (red) pepper to taste!

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