Caponata With Pine Nuts and Raisins
"From MELTING POT MEMORIES by Judy Bart Kancigor."
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons olive oil (divided)
- 2 eggplants, diced (4-5 cups)
- 3 large garlic cloves, minced
- 3 medium onions, chopped
- 3 celery ribs, diced
- 1 (28 ounce) can peeled Italian tomatoes, drained and coarsely chopped
- 1⁄3 cup red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1⁄3 cup raisins
- 1⁄4 cup pine nuts, toasted (1 1/2 oz)
- 1⁄2 cup pitted green olives, sliced
- 1⁄3 cup drained capers, rinsed
- 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
directions
- Coat 2 cookie sheets with 2 tablespoons olive oil each, spread with eggplant and roast about 10-12 minutes. Remove.
- Saute garlic in 2 tablespoons olive oil over moderate heat until fragrant, about 15 seconds. Add the onions and celery and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes, cover and cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
- Stir together vinegar and sugar. Add to the onion-tomato mixture along with the eggplant and raisins. Cover and cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until all the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. (May be made to this point up to 3 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.).
- When ready to serve, let come to room temperature and stir in remaining ingredients. Serve with pita bread crisps.
Questions & Replies
Got a question?
Share it with the community!
Reviews
Have any thoughts about this recipe?
Share it with the community!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
<style>body { background: url("http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3639/3512121819_f2f1aaf050.jpg?v=0"); background-repeat: repeat-y; }</style>
OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
