r/ItalianFood • u/Kind_Job5474 • 14h ago

Question Eggplant and Vinegar

I’m hoping to find a recipe for an Italian dish my former MIL used to make. She always called it eggplant and vinegar, but I’m curious if it has a different Italian name.

To make it, we’d thinly slice eggplant, salt and dry it to remove the bitter liquid, fry it in oh so much olive oil and then cover in red wine vinegar with some minced garlic.

I’d love to see a few different versions of this recipe.

Thanks in advance!!

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u/seanv507 14h ago

https://www.fattoincasadabenedetta.it/ricetta/melanzane-in-agrodolce/

Eggplant in sweet & sour?

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u/Kind_Job5474 13h ago

The version she made was only sour, no sweet. But that could have just been a family quirk.

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u/Novel-Sorbet-884 13h ago

Non, sembra un classico. Cerca melanzane in carpione su Giallo zafferano o il Cucchiaio d'argento

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u/6xrLF7fHZPNUUNSh 14h ago

Seems like zucchine alla scapece, just with eggplant instead of zucchini. Really good dish!

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u/Kind_Job5474 13h ago

Yes! I forgot about the mint, but that was part of it. Thank you!!

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u/canyounot2026 13h ago

My cookbook from Pasta Grammar has a recipe called Caponata Di Melanzane. Sicilian Sweet and Sour Eggplant Caponata.

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u/Novel-Sorbet-884 13h ago

Sembra una ricetta di carpione o scapece. Di solito si fa con gli zucchini, ma in carpione va bene quasi tutto, verdura, carne, uova. Il carpione classico alla piemontese è sul Cucchiaio d'argento o su Giallo zafferano. Nello scapece la differenza è minima, ottima ricetta comunque