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Eggplant caponata

Eggplant caponata: what it is and where to eat it

Caponata di melanzane

A Sicilian vegetable relish made from fried eggplant, celery, capers, and olives in a sweet and sour sauce.

10 restaurants on Tastavo serve it

Cuisine
Italian (Sicilian)

Typical ingredients

  • eggplant
  • celery
  • capers
  • olives
  • tomatoes
  • vinegar
  • sugar

History of the dish

Italy

Caponata
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Origin
Italy
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Caponata (Sicilian: capunata) is a Sicilian dish consisting of chopped, fried eggplant and other vegetables, seasoned with olive oil, tomato sauce, celery, olives, and capers, in an agrodolce (sweet and sour) sauce. Variants add carrots, bell peppers, potatoes, pine nuts, and raisins.

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Where to eat it

Milan

Palermo

Florence

Turin

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