Pasta Caponati

"This recipe comes from cooking with my pal, Angelo. The olives and capers give it a great flavor. Please be sure to rinse the salt from the capers before cooking. Hope you enjoy!!"
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
4
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ingredients

  • 1 lb pasta (I prefer small pasta for this dish, such as farfalle, ditalini, small rigatoni, etc.)
  • 1 cup eggplant, chopped into very small pieces
  • 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
  • 3 tablespoons green olives and black olives, chopped (good olives!)
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 12 green pepper, finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon capers, please used salted capers,not the brine variety,this makes a big difference in flavor (I use more)
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch black pepper
  • 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 34 ounces crushed tomatoes
  • hot pepper flakes (optional)
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directions

  • Heat oil in large saute pan.
  • Add celery, green peppers, olivers, capers, garlic and eggplant.
  • Saute until tender.
  • Add tomatoes, salt, pepper and hot pepper (if using).
  • Cook for 15 minutes.
  • Toss with cooked pasta and serve.
  • Note that this pasta dish is not one that should have grated cheese!
  • Enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. My husband and I love capers, garlic, eggplant, and olives. I followed the recipe just as posted (including using the salted capers, but using triple the amount). The result was on the bland side, for our tastes- sorry. We did end up adding the hot pepper flakes for seasoning. Thanks for posting.
     
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