Caponata

Aug
29
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Caponata
“Caponata is a Sicilian dish served as a salad, side dish or relish. We also like it as an appetizer spread on toasted baguette slices.” ~ from The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving by Ellie Topp and Margaret Howard

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: Makes 5 Cups (1.25 L)



Ingredients

1 small eggplant, cut into 1/4-inch (5 mm) cubes
1 1/2 tbsp pickling salt (20 mL)
2 large tomatoes, peeled and chopped
1 medium sweet red pepper, diced
1 cup diced zucchini (250 mL)
1/2 chopped onion (125 mL)
3 large cloves garlic, chopped
1/4 cup chopped stuffed olives (50 mL)
1 tbsp capers, rinsed (15 mL)
1 bay leaf
1 tsp fresh thyme (5 mL) or 1/4 tsp (1 mL) dried
1/4 tsp each: salt and freshly ground pepper (1 mL)
1/3 cup red wine vinegar (75 mL)
2 tsp granulated sugar (10 mL)
2 tsp olive oil (10 mL)
2 tbsp tomato paste (25 mL)

Directions

Place eggplant in a non-reactive bowl. Sprinkle with salt and stir well. Let stand for 2 hours. Drain eggplant in a sieve and rinse twice, draining thoroughly; press out excess moisture.

Place eggplant, tomatoes, red pepper, zucchini, onion, garlic, olives, capers, bay leaf, thyme, salt and pepper in a large roasting pan.

Heat vinegar, sugar, and oil in a microwavable container until hot, about 1 minute, stir into vegetables.

Bake in a 350 degree F (18OC) oven for about 1 1/2 hours (1 hour for a convection oven), or until vegetables are softened and liquid has evaporated, stirring every 20 minutes. Remove pan from oven, discard bay leaf and stir in tomato paste.

Remove hot jars from canner and spoon relish into jars to within 1/2 inch (1 cm) of rim (headspace).

Process 15 minutes in a boiling water bath for half-pint (250 mL) jars and 20 minutes for pint (500 mL) jars.

Categories: Boiling Water Bath, BWB Condiments, BWB Vegetables, Canning, Preserving

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Submitted by: wvhomecanner on August 29, 2010




Comments

  1. rephiddy says:

    Oh this looks good and I have all the ingredients in my cupboard or, frig.
    Wish though it used more eggplant as the plants are producing loads.
    Thanks Dede… you’re a peach.
    Will try this when the weather cools off tonight.

    Phyllis

    • Dede ~ wvhomecanner says:

      Phyllis, this is the one that Darlene has posted several times on Canning2 but she couldn’t remember where it came from. I wanted to be sure it was a safe recipe and finally found the source. Dean (Crabtree) has raved to me about making this and how delicious it is (and how wonderful his house smells while the roasting is happening). If I were in your shoes, I would sub more eggplant for the zucchini!

  2. Teresa says:

    I was given my FIRST eggplant today – this looks like a good place to use it! Do I peel the eggplant or just wash, chop & use?
    Thanks

  3. Dede ~ wvhomecanner says:

    Teresa, you could peel it, but it will be much prettier if you don’t 🙂

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