Sicilian Eggplant Appetizer
Italy
Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 13 ingredients
- Olive oil
- 4 tb Capers
- Water
- 1/2 ts Honey
- 4 tb White vinegar
- 4 tb Tomato sauce
- 4 ea Green olives, halved
- Salt
- 1 tb Pine nuts
- 4 sm Celery stalks, diced
- 3 md Eggplant
- 4 ea Black olives, halved
- 1/2 ts Black pepper
Possible health benefits
General information, not medical advice.
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Eggplant
Source of protein · 1.0 g per 100 g, 16% of the energy from protein
- Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
- Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
- Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
Nutrients per 100 g of “Eggplant, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.
Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Hot oil. Never put water on an oil fire: turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid or a damp tea towel. Pat food dry before it goes into hot oil, and lower it in gently, away from you.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
- Blending hot liquid. Let it cool a little first, fill the blender no more than a third, and hold the lid down with a folded towel. Start on the lowest speed. A stick blender in the pan is safer.
- 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
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- Cube eggplant, but don't peel. Fry in olive oil in a skillet. In another skillet, fry the celery till it begins to brown & then add to eggplant. Pour tomato sauce into the empty skillet & mix in the vinegar, honey, olives, capers & pine nuts. Stir. As soon as they are blended, pour over eggplant, add salt & pepper & simmer 10 minutes. Add water if needed.Stir often. Allow to cool & ten serve.
- Vera Gewanter, "A Passion for Vegetables"
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Frying pan
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Saucepan
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Blender
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Chef's knife
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Cutting board
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Vegetable peeler
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Wooden spoon