Recipe of Sicilian Summer Vegetable Medley - Caponatina pressure cooker recipe

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Recipe of Sicilian Summer Vegetable Medley - Caponatina pressure cooker recipe

Recipe of Sicilian Summer Vegetable Medley - Caponatina pressure cooker recipe

Instruction for Sicilian Summer Vegetable Medley - Caponatina pressure cooker recipe

  • Put the eggplant in a strainer and sprinkle the cubes with salt. To get all of the bitter liquid out: add a plate on top of the cubed eggplant and some kind of weight on top of that to push it down (I use my full tea kettle) and leave them to rest for about half an hour.
  • In the meantime, wash and slice the other vegetables as indicated.
  • In the pre-heated pressure cooker, on high heat without the lid, add the olive oil and brown the vegetables, adding them in the following order, stirring them constantly with a wooden spoon.
  • First, add the eggplant and potatoes (wait 3 minutes but keep stirring), peppers and onions (wait another 3 minutes and keep stirring), Zucchini (stir for another 3). Your cooker will begin to get quite full, so stir carefully!
  • Finally, add half the chopped basil, pine nuts, raisins, olives, capers, salt and pepper to taste.
  • If you're using an electric pressure cooker, that requires more than ½ cup of water to reach pressure, add one cup of water. 
  • Close the lid and set the valve to pressure cooking position. 
  • Electric pressure cookers and stove top pressure cookers: Cook for 4 minutes at high pressure.
  • When time is up, open the pressure cooker with the Normal release - release pressure through the valve.
  • Transfer the contents of the pressure cooker to a serving dish immediately (so the vegetables can cool) and the caponatina come to room temperature before mixing in the cherry tomatoes and dressing with a little fresh olive oil, balsamic vinegar (if needed - check to taste the acidity first - the tomatoes if not fully ripe may have contributed enough acid).
  • Sprinkle with fresh basil and the remaining pine nuts, raisins and olives.

Ingredients of Sicilian Summer Vegetable Medley - Caponatina pressure cooker recipe

  • 1 large Eggplant, cubed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 medium pepper (red or yellow), cut into strips
  • 2 medium Zucchini, cut into rounds
  • 1 onion, cut into thin wedges
  • 2 medium potatoes, cubed
  • 10 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 tablespoon Capers (strained and rinsed if in oil, rinsed if in salt)
  • 2 tablespoons pine nuts (one for cooking, one for sprinkling at the end)
  • 1 tablespoons raisins, re-hydrated and squeezed
  • ¼ cup olives, pits removed
  • 1 bunch basil, chopped (half for cooking, half for sprinkling at the end)
  • salt and Pepper to taste

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