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Zacusca vegetable spread recipe by Dorina<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here is the composition of our homemade Zacusca de vinete (eggplant) recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– 12 kg eggplants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– 6 kg of “Gogosari” peppers rather collected with a thick and sweet pulpit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– 2 kg of more elongated “kapia” peppers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– 1 kg onions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– 1.5 kg of tomato stock<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– About 1 liter of oil, part to brown the onions, the rest to incorporate into the whole during cooking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– bay leaves, salt and pepper (rather in grain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Zacusca<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

For this Zacusca Recipe, it is a rather greedy “portion”, but even if it means working, you might as well do it only once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can modulate the quantities in proportion to the number of jars you want to make. This recipe is for about 50 jars of 250 gr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eggplants cooked on embers or on a metal plate on the stove indoors, must be peeled when they are hot, so that their flesh remains white, the cooked peppers are put with salt in a covered pan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then you can remove the skin and seeds. The eggplant juice is thrown away, but the pepper juice gives a good taste, the tomatoes are prepared like a coulis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We put the chopped onions in oil with the bay leaves and a little pepper (I always put peppercorns), I add a little water and let it cook until the water evaporates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, add the diced peppers, chopped aubergines (with a wooden knife) and the tomato coulis. They are left to boil together for half an hour, or 45 minutes. Not very hot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We put the Zacusca in jars kept warm on the edge of the stove, or in the microwave oven, close them well and put them in a bain-marie for \u00bc hour to sterilize them. Finally, we put them in a basket on blankets, we cover them with other blankets, so that they cool slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can add mushrooms to this recipe, or beans in seeds, white autumn beans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon here a video of the complete preparation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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