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Vegetable sauce (samfaina) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Vegetable sauce (samfaina) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
Samfaina goes further, though: The ingredients are chopped into very small pieces, then cooked for several hours until the mixture is so thick and caramelized that it almost resembles a vegetable marmalade. It's often used as a sauce for rabbit, chicken or salt cod, but it can also be a side dish unto itself. Samfaina is both a sauce and a side dish, and nowadays, it can even be served on its own as a vegetarian dish.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have vegetable sauce (samfaina) using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Vegetable sauce (samfaina):
- Make ready 1 zucchini
- Prepare 1 eggplant
- Get 2 small onions
- Make ready 1 red pepper
- Get 1 green pepper
- Get 3 tomatoes
- Make ready 1 vegetable oil
- Make ready 1 salt
- Make ready 1 black pepper
From Food of Spain: A Journey for Food Lovers by Vicki Harris and John Newton. Summary: Everyone else in Spain Describes Samfaina as the Catalan ratatouille, while the Catalans say that ratatouille is the Provencal Samfaina. This hearty vegetable sauce is Catalonia's answer to ratatouille. Serve the samfaina with chorizo if preferred over cod and remember to salt the eggplant before cooking so it absorbs the flavours.
Instructions to make Vegetable sauce (samfaina):
- Peel onions, eggplant and zucchini.
- Chop eggplant and zucchini (not too small) and reserve. Sprinkle some salt and mix.
- Chop onions and peppers. Blanch the tomatoes in order to peel the easily.
- Put oil in a pan to fry the onions and the peppers. Chop the tomatoes and reserve.
- Once the peppers and onions are half cooked add the zucchinis and the eggplant. Add more oil if needed.
- Add the tomatoes and stir. Season with salt and black pepper.
- (Tip) If you find it to acidic, add a bit of white sugar.
Samfaina (sam-FINE-nah) is a mix of onions, garlic, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, and zucchini. Japanese eggplant is easy to work with, as it holds its shape well through cooking, but regular eggplant is also good. The exact proportions for this recipe are not crucial: A bit more tomato or less bell pepper are fine improvisations. Samfaina is both a sauce and a side dish, and nowadays, it can even be served on its own as a vegetarian dish. When served as a sauce or a side dish, it usually accompanies meat, rice, or fish (especially cod).
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