caponata


ca·po·na·ta

C0088900 (kä′pə-nä′tə)n. A dish of eggplant, tomato, and other vegetables, cooked in olive oil and served at room temperature, often as an appetizer.
[Italian caponata, capponata, from cappone, capon (probably as in cappone di galera (literally, "galley capon"), a sailor's dish of cold moistened hardtack and other ingredients), from Old Italian, from Latin cāpō, cāpōn-.]

caponata

(ˌkæpəˈnɑːtə) n (Cookery) (in Sicilian cookery) a dish of fried seasoned aubergine and other vegetables, served as an appetizer[Italian]