Caponata

Ingredients

2 eggplants
3 gr salt
180 ml olive oil
2 garlic
2 onions
2 packages tomatoes
3 celery stalks
260 gr pitted black olives
12 olive salad
34 gr capers
70 gr pine nuts
60 ml wine vinegar
8 gr sugar

Instructions

Wash and cube unpeeled eggplant. Salt and let stand 1 hour. Squeeze dry. Saute in oil until soft. Remove. Saute onions and garlic in same oil. Add tomatoes, olives, and celery. Cook until tender--15 minutes. Add eggplant, capers, and pine nuts. In another pan heat vinegar and sugar. When dissolved, pour over eggplant. Season to taste and cook an additional 20 minutes. Serve hot or cold as relish with dinner or with french bread rounds as a buffet or cocktail dish.