Josephine Caravettas Pickled Eggplant
From angelinaw 15 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 6
While I was sitting with my family, remembering Christmas Eves Past, this came up as a dish made by my aunts and missed. So I went on-line and found this recipe. I won't make it until the summer, when I can pick eggplants from my garden, but when I do I will update this post with pictures and a better description.
Ingredients
- 6 eggplants shopping list
- kosher salt shopping list
- White or cider vinegar shopping list
- 3 - 4 cloves garlic, sliced thin shopping list
- One bunch parsley, minced shopping list
- Some mint, minced (Optional, but nice) shopping list
- 1/2 - 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes shopping list
- 1/4 green bell pepper, minced shopping list
How to make it
- Slice the eggplant thinly, and cut the slices into thin strips
- Layer the strips in a colander and mix with some Kosher Salt. Place the colander in the sink, put a dish on top of it, and put something heavy on top of the dish to weigh it down. This helps take the bitterness out of the eggplant.
- After one hour, squeeze the eggplant (Nonni's instructions -- gets the bitter juices out).
- Take a large pot and put in the eggplant. Cover with a ratio of 2 cups of water to 1 cup of the vinegar. Bring to a boil. As soon as it boils, shut the heat off and allow the eggplant to cool in the water.
- In a large bowl place the sliced garlic, chopped herbs, red pepper, green pepper. Squeeze as much water out of the eggplant as you can, and place it in the bowl. Pour in some extra virgin olive oil (at least a cup) and a 1/4 cup of vinegar. Stir well. Place the eggplant in a jar (I use Mason jars, as did Nonni), pressing down to remove any air. Leave about an inch at the top, and pour in some olive oil so that all the eggplant is submerged. Cover with a lid, and let marinate for one month in the refrigerator. Mangia!
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Thanks for posting this! I love eggplant, never had it pickled yet, looks like I got something new and exciting to try! Added to "A taste of eggplant" group.
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Thank you Angelina I am saving this recipe for my summer garden. We can both make it together and compare notes and suggestions.
I already have my seeds and soon I will be starting them for early summer planting.
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