To make a caponata you need: eggplants (aubergines) peppers onions olive oil and vinegar salt and sugar
Chop a large onion ...
and cut longwise the peppers ...
stew the onions and peppers, with some olive oil, for about half an hour
At this point, you cut the eggplants into small squares ...
Then you cover everything with a lot of salt and water. Leave it like this for about half an hour. The salt is supposed to take out the bitterness of the eggplants ...
Drain the eggplants in a colander and stew them with some onions and tomatoes. Again, add some olive oil ...
At this point, I added some sugar ...
and some vinegar ...
Put everything toghether: green peppers and eggplants, plus the vinegar already mixed with the sugar ... The caponata is ready to be served. It's good either hot or cold ...
coatedchicken breast - rice salad and green salad ...
Vivo in Italia da più di trenta anni. Sono sposata e madre di due figli,già grandi.
Amo viaggiare, conoscere altri popoli, leggere, scrivere, cucinare, Internet, fotografare e fare amicizia ...
Ho vissuto per parecchi anni in Brasile e Stati Uniti.
Mi rattrista molto l'ingiustizia e non sopporto i prepotenti ...
This blog is meant to give ideas of what to cook ... It is not exactly a recipe blog. There are times when we don't know what to cook, and we need an inspiration ! Different ideas ... !
I don't usually cook by a recipe book. Normally, I cook what I find at home.
You can see what I make, just by looking at the pictures ...
I don't like to spend hours and hours by the stove, so my cooking is always very simple ...