Pasta a la Caponata
Pasta a la Caponata

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, pasta a la caponata. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Pasta a la Caponata is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Pasta a la Caponata is something which I have loved my whole life.

Cook pasta until al dente in salted water, drain and transfer back into hot pot. One of the most iconic dishes in Sicilian cooking is caponata. This sweet and sour Mediterranean veggie dish is delicious as a side with both meat and fish and, as in this recipe for casarecce pasta caponata, makes a fabulous pasta sauce!

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have pasta a la caponata using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pasta a la Caponata:
  1. Make ready 1 large aubergine
  2. Take 1 red onion
  3. Make ready 2 cloves garlic
  4. Get 5 tomatoes (or a tin of chopped toms)
  5. Make ready 1 tbsp capers
  6. Take 1 handful olives
  7. Get 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  8. Make ready Oil
  9. Prepare Pasta of your choice (I recommend a short pasta)
  10. Take Marjoram/oregano
  11. Take 1 handful currants/sultanas

Mix the pasta and sauce together, adding the basil leaves right before serving - spooning into bowls and topping with the parmesan. The sweetness of the onions and garlic works beautifully with the salty tang of capers. Pasta a la Caponata step by step. Chop the aubergine and onion into strips and muddle in an oven dish with some oil, salt and vinegar.

Instructions to make Pasta a la Caponata:
  1. Preheat the oven to 180c (fan)
  2. Chop the aubergine and onion into strips and muddle in an oven dish with some oil, salt and vinegar
  3. Cook in the oven for about 25 mins, chopping the tomatoes and garlic while you wait.
  4. Take the oven dish out of the oven and add the tomatoes, garlic and red wine vinegar and give it a mix
  5. Pop back in the oven for 10 mins and start cooking the pasta so they are ready around the same time
  6. While you wait for the pasta and caponata to cook, chop the olives
  7. About 2 mins before the pasta is finished, add the olives, capers and currants to the oven dish and mix
  8. Serve on top of the pasta with a grind of pepper and a sprinkle of Parmesan. I think even some breadcrumbs would add a nice texture to it too.

Take the oven dish out of the oven and add the tomatoes, garlic and red wine vinegar and give. Heat a griddle pan, drizzle the bread with olive oil and griddle until toasted and lightly charred on both sides, then rub with a garlic clove and season. Serve the warm caponata scattered with the basil leaves and pine nuts, with bruschetta on the side. Eggplant nights were my favorite: cheesy parmigiana, stuffed eggplants, or pasta con le melanzane. And the queen of them all: la caponata!

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