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Melanzane Sott'olio

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Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 12 ingredients

  1. 1 bunch mint -- leaves removed
  2. 4 tablespoons red wine vinegar -- divided
  3. 4 serrano peppers
  4. 1 tablespoon acacia flowers -- dried
  5. 1 large lidded jar
  6. cheesecloth
  7. Cut
  8. extra-virgin olive oil
  9. 4 bricks -- covered in foil
  10. 1 cup salt
  11. 3 pounds japanese eggplant
  12. 4 garlic cloves -- thinly sliced
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Remove stems and cut eggplants 1/2-inch thick lengthwise. Toss in bowl with salt to coat and place on a roasting rack over roasting pan. Cover with one layer of cheesecloth and place bricks over. Put in cool place for 12 hours.
  2. Remove eggplant from rack and place in large bowl. Add mint, garlic, acacia flowers, 2 tablespoons vinegar and toss to coat thoroughly.
  3. Lay eggplant slices in jar, 1 on top of other until nearly full. Place serranos intermittently between the layers. Press eggplant down into jar with fingers and add remaining vinegar. Fill jar with olive oil and cover. Place in refrigerator. The eggplant are ready to eat but will improve after aging one week. Top off with oil if the level goes below the top of the eggplant. Eat at room temperature as antipasto.
  4. This recipe yields ?? servings.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Roasting tin
  • Mixing bowl
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
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Credit

Recipe By: Mario Batali. Source: MOLTO MARIO with Mario Batali From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # MB-1D14). Saved from www.grassrootsrecipes.com (http://www.grassrootsrecipes.com/BillWight/Appetizer_5/Appetizer_5.mxp), file Recipes/www.grassrootsrecipes.com/BillWight/Appetizer_5/Appetizer_5.mxp in the Internet Archive item cooking-recipes (https://archive.org/details/cooking-recipes).

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