Caponata

Caponata is a sweet and sour vegetable dish of Sicilian cuisine.

The ingredients and the preparation of Caponata vary by region. Main ingredients are eggplant and tomatoes, peppers and usually also celery or fennel. The vegetables are diced, salted and together with olives, onions, garlic, almonds or pine nuts fried in olive oil. Sugar is then caused to melt and caramelize the whole and quenched with ethyl to obtain the sweet and sour taste in the center of the pan.

Caponata is served cold as an appetizer or as an accompaniment to hot pasta and fish dishes. A particularly rich variant is Caponata San Bernardino, which is derived from the monks of a monastery in Catania. The warm vegetables to doused with a sauce of dark chocolate and toasted almonds and garnished with hard-boiled, sliced ​​eggs and fresh olives.