Name: Sicilian Roasted Pepper & Eggplant Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Servings: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 6 Chinese eggplants*; ½ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley or cilantro; 4 ounces fresh goat cheese or mozzarella, sliced; 3 large bell peppers (your choice of colors); ¼ teaspoon sugar; ½ teaspoon ground cumin; ¼ teaspoon paprika; ¼ cup olive oil; ⅓ cup toasted pine seeds; ¼ teaspoon cayenne; ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice; 2 cloves garlic, peeled, crushed; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; ½ teaspoon salt

Preparation info

Servings:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

Silk Road Cooking

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2000

About

Throughout the Silk Road era, Sicily, a Mediterranean island separated from the tip of Italy by only a few miles and from Tunis by 100 miles of sea, played an important role as a gateway for spices, ingredients and cooking styles from the East traveling to Europe and back. Few civilizations have not touched it. The Phoenicians settled in Panormous, now Palermo; the Carthaginians founded Tripani; and the Greeks established Syracuse and Messina. The Romans considered it their breadbasket and