La Vera Caponata - Dinner Recipe | Gluten.ai App

Ingredients

• 4 pounds firm and shiny-skinned eggplant, peeled and cut into 2-inch cubes
• 4 tablespoons coarse sea salt for water
• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus additional as needed
• 2 large yellow onions, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 pounds very ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped
• 1 tablespoon freshly ground fine sea salt
• 1 cup red wine
• 2 cups finely chopped hearts of celery
• Juice of 2 oranges, preferably blood oranges
• Zest of 2 oranges
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, preferably Dutch processed
• Freshly cracked pepper
• 4 ounces blanched almonds, roasted and chopped
• 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
• 5 tablespoons good red wine vinegar
• 2/3 cup dark raisins, plumped in warm red wine vinegar and drained
• 6 ounces green Sicilian olives, stones removed, coarsely chopped
• 4 whole lobsters, split
• 16 prawns, shelled, deveined, heads removed, tails left intact