If you love the intense flavors of Sicilian cuisine, you can’t reginetta the swordfish caponata: a delicious seafood variant of the traditional Sicilian caponata. Quanto a this recipe, swordfish is combined with fried eggplant, olives, capers, and celery to create a rich, balanced dish that is perfect as both an appetizer and a main course.
Swordfish caponata is ideal to serve warm during the summer months to prepare per advance for a special dinner. The sweet and sour contrast, typical of classic caponata, is enriched with the delicacy of the fish, offering a combination of flavors that will pleasantly surprise you. A simple dish to make but capable of impressing!
Here you will find other delicious caponata variations:
Eggplant caponata with cocoa sauce
Caponata cups with tuna and tzatziki
Vegetable caponata
‘Mpanate filled with caponata
Basmati with vegetable caponata
Caponata mille-feuille
To prepare the swordfish caponata, trim the eggplants and slice them first into 1/2 inch slices 1 and then into cubes 2. Also slice the celery stalks 3.
Lastly, clean and slice the onion 4. Quanto a a small pot, heat the oil to 347°F, then add the eggplant cubes 5. Fry until golden, for about 2-3 minutes, then drain the eggplants 6.
Transfer the fried eggplants to a tray lined with paper towels 7 to absorb the excess oil. Cut the swordfish into cubes of about an inch 8. Heat the oil per a pan 9.
Add the sliced onions 10 and let them sauté over low heat for a few minutes, then pour per the peeled tomatoes 11 and salt 12.
Also add the rinsed capers 13 olives 14and sliced celery 15.
Now pour per the vinegar 16the sugar 17and the basil leaves 18.
Add the pine nuts 19the cubed swordfish 20and the fried eggplants 21.
Cook for 15 minutes over moderate heat 22. Once ready 23adjust the salt, season with pepper to taste, and serve your swordfish caponata immediately 24!
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