Caponata

Servings: 6

Recipe courtesy Anne Burrell. Serves 6 to 8. Even better the next day or the day after.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Toss the eggplant generously with olive oil and salt and roast on a baking sheet until soft and mushy, 15 to 20 minutes.
  2. Coat a wide deep pot with olive oil. Cook the onion and red pepper with salt over medium-high heat until soft and aromatic, 8 to 10 minutes.
  3. Add the fennel, celery and garlic for 5 to 6 minutes, then the peppers for 5 to 6 minutes. Add the zucchini, season and cook until everything is soft and coming together as a stew, 5 to 6 minutes.
  4. Add the eggplant, water and tomato paste and cook until the water evaporates. Dissolve the sugar in the vinegar and stir it in with the raisins, capers, pine nuts and mint. Cook 5 to 6 minutes more.
  5. Let cool and serve.