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Red Pepper Caponata
Red Pepper Caponata, ready to serve, room temperature, as an accompaniment to chicken or any meat dish. photo by Gessopalena Give a medal for this photo Add photo

Red Pepper Caponata

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Yield: 4 Ready in 1 hours

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Pepper

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 4
2 tbRaisins
1 cloveGarlic; finely chopped
3 clovesGarlic; thinly sliced
1 Red bell pepper; cored and hopped
1 pnCumin
2 tbSugar; or as desired
1 tbOlive oil; if desired
1 pnSaffron threads
3 tbLemon juice; or more to taste
1 tbfresh marjoram; Chopped
10 Mediterranean olives; green
1 Onion; thinly sliced
1 tbcapers; Drained
Salt; to taste
3 tbExtra virgin olive oil; plus
1 pnTurmeric
1/4 Jalapeno chile; seeded and chopped finely
5 tomatoes, fresh; Ripe, with juice
1 pnGinger
1/8 tsFennel seeds; or 1/4 bulb fennel

Red Pepper Caponata Preparation

Lightly saute the onion, peppers and sliced garlic in the olive oil until they soften; sprinkle with salt as they cook. Add the tomatoes, jalapeno, cumin, turmeric, ginger, saffron, fennel and sugar; cook for 10 minutes or so, until thickened and saucelike. Stir in the capers, olives, raisins and lemon juice. Taste for seasoning; you want a sweet- sour-spicy balance. Adjust the sugar, lemon juice and spices accordingly. Stir in the marjoram and/or parsley and the reserved chopped garlic, taste for seasoning and set aside to cool. Serve as a sauce with the chicken, or as a spread for crostini. Serves 4. PER (4th) SERVING: 185 calories, 2 g protein, 21 g carbohydrate, 12 g fat (2 g saturated), 0 mg cholesterol, 281 mg sodium, 3 g fiber. Excerpt from SF Chronicle 05/06/98 Food Section see www.sfgate.com ; Busted by HANNEMAN Notes: "This is a variation on the classic Sicilian recipe, using peppers instead of eggplant. A caponata is sweet and sour, and very savory, much like a contemporary European chutney. This one is spicy, too -- a small dab on the citrus-spiced chicken breasts enlivens it brilliantly." Recipe by: Marlena Spieler, San Francisco Chronicle (1998) Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Kitpath on May 07, 1998

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  • Calories Per Serving: 274
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    Tags

    1. Mediterrane
    2. Salads
    3. Mc-recipe
    4. Bell pepper
    5. Garlic
    6. Olive oil
    7. Onion
    8. Raisin
    9. Ginger
    10. Tomato
    11. Lemon

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