Sicilian Eggplant Appetizer

Ingredients

3 eggplant
4 celery stalks
60 ml tomato sauce
60 ml vinegar
2 ml honey
4 green olives
4 black olives
34 gr capers
9 gr pine nuts
1 gr black pepper

Instructions

Salt Cube eggplant, but don't peel. Fry in olive oil in a skillet. In another skillet, fry the celery till it begins to brown & then add to eggplant. Pour tomato sauce into the empty skillet & mix in the vinegar, honey, olives, capers & pine nuts. Stir. As soon as they are blended, pour over eggplant, add salt & pepper & simmer 10 minutes. Add water if needed.Stir often. Allow to cool & ten serve. Vera Gewanter, "A Passion for Vegetables"