Italian Giambotta Recipes

SAUSAGE, PEPPERS, ONIONS, AND POTATO BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the sausage until browned. Transfer the cooked sausage to a large baking dish.
• Pour 1/4 cup of olive oil into the skillet, and cook the potatoes, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 10 minutes. Place the potatoes into the baking dish, leaving some oil in the skillet.
• Cook and stir the green and red peppers and onions in the hot skillet until they are beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the vegetables to the baking dish.
• Pour wine and chicken stock over the vegetables and sausage, and sprinkle with Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Gently stir the sausage, potatoes, and vegetables together.
• Bake in the preheated oven until hot and bubbling, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve hot.

GIAMBOTTA RECIPE

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients except the ingredients for garnish into a heavy non-reactive pot. Cover, turn down the heat and simmer for about 30 minutes or until the rutabaga is tender. Remove garlic cloves and bay leaf.
• At this point, add the eggs if using, cover and poach for 5 minutes until the eggs are set. Sprinkle with the chopped mint, a grind of black pepper, and serve.

CIAMBOTTA (GIAMBOTTA)

Steps:

• Add olive oil to a large pot or Dutch oven and place over medium heat.
• Once hot, add the onions and cook for 5 minutes until starting to soften.
• Add the garlic and cook an additional minute until fragrant.
• Add the potatoes and eggplant, stir to toss with the onions and garlic and let cook for another 5 minutes.
• Add chopped tomatoes, zucchini and bell peppers, toss to combine, cover with a lid and let cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove lid, season to taste with salt and pepper, add the basil and parsley and cook an additional 5 minutes.
• Serve as desired with crusty bread, over rice, with added white beans, etc.

ITALIAN VEGETABLE STEW (CIAMBOTTA)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 7-to 8-quart heavy pot over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Add onions, celery, carrots, and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until pale golden, about 10 minutes. Add eggplant and water and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until eggplant is slightly softened, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes with juice and bell peppers, then reduce heat to low and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook green beans in a 3- to 4-quart saucepan of well-salted boiling water until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a large bowl. Add zucchini to boiling water and cook until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer with slotted spoon to bowl with green beans. Add potatoes to boiling water and cook until just tender, about 10 minutes. Drain and add to beans and zucchini.
• Add boiled vegetables to stew and simmer, stirring, until all vegetables are very soft, about 15 minutes. Season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.

GIAMBOTTA (SOUTHERN ITALIAN VEGETABLE STEW)

Steps:

• Note: Also spelled Ciambotta, this is a traditional dish hailing from southern Italy. It's comfort food at its finest-and simplest. Gluten-free, wheat-free, oil-free (if using water to sauté), and soy-free. Warm the oil in a soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery, and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes, or until the vegetables begin to soften. Add the eggplant and vegetable broth and cook, covered, for 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, zucchini, bay leaves, thyme, oregano, parsley, and tarragon. Reduce the heat to low and cook, uncovered, for about 25 minutes, or until all the vegetables are soft. Add more broth, if needed. Stir in the salt, pepper, and basil. Serve immediately.

CHICKEN GIAMBOTTA

Steps:

• Prepare the vegetables: slice the peppers and onions, cut the potatoes into chunks about one inch in size, and chop the garlic.
• Cook the sausage over medium heat in a skillet while it is cooking, break it into crumbles. (if the sausage is lean add a little bit of olive oil to the skillet to avoid sticking).
• Once the sausage has cooked through, remove it from the skillet and set it aside.
• Add the boneless chicken breasts to the skillet and cook them until they become golden on the bottom. flip them over and add the garlic. Cook until the chicken becomes golden on the other side.
• Remove the chicken from the pan, cut it into chunks.
• Add the chicken and sausage back to the skillet and pour in 1/4 of the wine or broth and cook until most of the liquid evaporates. Remove the meat from the skillet and set it aside.
• Add one tablespoon of olive oil to the skillet and cook the potatoes until they are soft on the inside and slightly crispy on the outside (about 15 to 20 minutes)
• Add the peppers and onions to the potatoes and cook them for 5 minutes.
• Add the chicken and sausage mixture back to the skillet with the potatoes and peppers, stir in the remaining wine or broth reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes longer.
• Turn the heat off, remove the bay leaf - stir in the fresh basil and serve.

CIAMBOTTA (ITALIAN VEGETABLE STEW)

Steps:

• PESTATA: Process all ingredients in food processor until finely ground, about 1 minute, scraping sides as necessary. Set aside.
• STEW: Toss eggplant with 1½ teaspoons salt in a bowl. Line surface of large plate with double layer of coffee filters or some parchment and lightly spray with vegetable oil spray. Spread eggplant in even layer over coffee filters. Microwave eggplant, uncovered, until dry to touch and slightly shriveled, 8 to 12 minutes, tossing once halfway through to ensure that eggplant cooks evenly.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in Dutch oven over high heat until shimmering. Add eggplant, onion, and potatoes; cook, stirring frequently, until eggplant browns and surface of potatoes becomes translucent, about 2 minutes. Push vegetables to sides of pot; add 1 tablespoon oil and tomato paste to clearing. Cook paste, stirring frequently, until brown fond develops on bottom of pot, about 2 minutes. Add 2 cups water and chopped tomatoes and juice, scraping up any browned bits, and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium, cover, and gently simmer until eggplant is completely broken down and potatoes are tender, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in 12-inch skillet over high heat until smoking. Add zucchini, bell peppers, and ½ teaspoon salt; cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are browned and tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Push vegetables to sides of skillet; add pestata and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir pestata into vegetables and transfer vegetables to bowl. Add remaining ¼ cup water to skillet off heat, scraping up browned bits.
• Remove pot from heat and stir reserved vegetables and water from skillet into vegetables in Dutch oven. Cover pot and let stand for 20 minutes to allow flavors to meld. Stir in basil and season with salt to taste; serve.

GIAMBOTTA

Steps:

• Heat skillet over medium heat.
• Add oil and coat pan.
• Add garlic and cook until soft, but not brown.
• Drain liquid from tomatoes and reserve.
• Add tomatoes and oregano to pan and cook 20-30 minutes over moderate heat, stirring occasionally.
• While tomatoes are cooking parboil potatoes and beans separately (I've nuked potatoes in the micro and obtained satisfactory results- it's quicker than boiling).
• Drain cooked (al dente preferably) beans and add them to the tomato mixture.
• Cut potatoes into 1 inch cubes and add to sauce.
• Cook for another 5-10 minutes (if the mixture needs more moisture or you just prefer this dish saucier you can add some of the reserved liquid at this stage).
• Salt and pepper to taste.

VEGETABLE STEW (GIAMBOTTA)

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• Heat a medium soup pot over medium heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, bay, chopped garlic and onions and let them sweat out while you prepare the rest of the veggies. Work next to the stove and drop as you chop, in order of longest cooking time: potatoes, eggplant, zucchini, and bell pepper. Season with salt and pepper, cover and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover and add tomatoes and stock and cook 5 minutes more, to heat through. Turn heat off and stir in basil.
• Char bread under broiler and rub with cracked garlic then drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil, top with cheese and pepper and return to the broiler for 30 seconds to brown cheese. Serve cheese whole-grain toast with bowls of vegetable stew.

ITALIAN GIAMBOTTA

Steps:

• In a cast iron skillet, heat a small amount of olive oil. Add onions and saute until translucent. Add all the remaining vegetables, season with salt and pepper and bring to a simmer. Stir well and cover the pan. Let cook on a low flame for about 20 minutes, stirring often. Remove cover and continue to cook vegetables until tender and no cooking liquid remains in the skillet, about 15 minutes more. Adjust seasoning and serve hot, or cool down.

GRANDMA'S GIAMBOTTA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 deg. Spread zucchini and eggplant on a cookie sheet lined with foil, drizzle with 2 T olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Roast in oven 40 minutes, stirring occassionally. While vegetables are roasted, saute the garlic and onion in a large heavy bottom saucepan over medium heat until soft and just starting to turn golden. Add in potatoes and peppers, cook for 5 minutes. Add in tomatoes, breaking up with back of spoon. Stir in wine, broth, herbs, cinnamon and red pepper. Stir in roasted vegetables. Let simmer on medium low heat 25 minutes. Stir in beans. Check seasoning, add salt and pepper to taste. Let simmer another 10 minutes. Serve with fresh grated pecorino romano or parmesan cheese.