We’ve been inundated with rain for the past few days, which I’ve welcomed as it’s a wonderful excuse to make a slow cooked stew. I have been reading Jamie’s Italy and decided to make his Peposo – a famous Tuscan hunter’s stew. So I toddled off to the butcher and not until I arrived did […]
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Caponata – Italian Sweet and Sour Vegetable Salad
May 25, 2010 
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Caponata is the Sicilian version of the French dish Ratatouille, or the other way round, who knows. It’s a lovely dish in which the vegetables are purposely overcooked to create a lovely goulash-like texture whilst the flavours hinge poignantly between the sweet (sugar) and sour (vinegar). There are many versions of caponata, each recipe adding […]
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