Caponatina

Enjoy this bruschetta style on toast, crusty French bread or topped over pasta. It will keep up to two weeks in the refrigerator.

 

Ingredients

  • 4 medium eggplants peeled and diced
  • 4 onions sliced
  • 1 1/2 cups Saha Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • capers
  • 24 Saha Syrian Pressed Olives, pitted and diced
  • 1 tablespoon of pine nuts
  • 1/2 4 stalks celery diced
  • cup wine vinegar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • Salt and Pepper
  • 1/2 cup tomato sauce

 

Directions

  • Fry eggplant in 1 cup olive oil until browned. Remove from skillet
  • Add onions, browning gently over medium heat in another 1/2 cup olive oil.
  • Add tomato sauce and celery and cook until tender.
  • Add capers, olives and pine nuts, and the fried eggplant.
  • Heat wine vinegar and sugar until dissolved. Add this to eggplant mixture
  • Salt and pepper to taste.
  • Allow to simmer until flavors mix.

 

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