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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. On a baking sheet, place the baguettes and toast in the oven. Set aside. | 2. In a large saute pan, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat until almost smoking. | 3. Add the garlic, onion, celery, thyme, eggplant and a couple of pinches of salt. Stir together, reduce the heat to medium, and cook until the eggplant turns golden (5-6 minutes). If it looks a little dry, add 1 tablespoon of oil. | 4. Add the tomato paste, currants, pine nuts, cinnamon, cocoa powder and red pepper flakes and continue to cook for 3 minutes more. Add the vinegar, stir well and allow to evaporate (30 seconds-1 minute). Add the sugar, water, salt and pepper to taste and cook for 5 minutes more, then remove from the heat. | 5. Stuff each baguette piece with about 1/2 cup of the caponata and top with Pecorino Romano and provolone. Place the stuffed bread on a baking sheet and place in the oven. Bake until the cheese is nicely melted. Remove and serve immediately. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
extra virgin olive oil	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
garlic clove	2	halved		-	-	-	-
spanish onion	1		cut	-	-	-	-
celery rib	2		cut	-	-	-	-
thyme	2	teaspoons	chopped	1.6159999999999999	0.3912	0.08900000000000001	0.0269
eggplant	2		cut	-	-	-	-
kosher salt				-	-	-	-
tomato paste	1	can		139.4	32.147	7.343999999999999	0.799
currant	1/4	cup	dried	17.64	4.3064	0.392	0.1148
pine nut	1/4	cup		227.1375	4.4145	4.6204	23.0749
cinnamon	1	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
cocoa powder	1	teaspoon	unsweetened	4.085	1.0374	0.3512	0.2455
red pepper flake	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
balsamic vinegar	4	tablespoons		56.32	10.8992	0.3136	0.0
sugar	2	teaspoons		36.708	9.1816	0.0	0.0
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
water	1/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
baguette	1		cut	77.43	14.1172	3.1088	0.9396
pecorino romano cheese	1/4	cup	grated	-	-	-	-
provolone cheese	1/4		grated	24.57	0.1498	1.7906	1.8634

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.