Calabrese Antipasto

Michael Chiarello

Recipe courtesy Michael Chiarello

Show: Easy Entertaining with Michael ChiarelloEpisode: Food Gifts Party

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Total Time:
2 hr 0 min
Prep
45 min
Inactive
1 hr 0 min
Cook
15 min
Yield:
6 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

  • 1 cauliflower, cut into bite sized florets
  • 4 carrots, peeled and cut on the diagonal into 1/2-inch slices
  • 4 inner celery ribs, cut on the diagonal into 1/2-inch slices
  • 1/2 cup white wine vinegar
  • 3/4 pound small fresh button mushrooms
  • 1 jar (7 1/2 ounces) pepperoncini (pickled green peppers)
  • 1 (3-ounce) can pitted black olives, drained
  • 1 (5-ounce) jar pimiento stuffed Spanish olives, drained
  • 1 (12-ounce) jar baby kosher dill pickles, drained and sliced 1/2 inch thick
  • 1 (7 1/2-ounce) jar pickled onions
  • 1 (6 1/2-ounce) jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 (7-ounce) can imported olive oil packed tuna, drained
  • 1 (2 ounce) tin anchovies with capers, drained

For the sauce:

Directions

Place all of the prepared and drained vegetables in separate bowls and reserve their juices.

In a large saucepan, combine ketchup, Worcestershire, horseradish, tomato sauce, tarragon vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, lemon juice, and cayenne. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Season, to taste, with salt.

Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it generously. Blanch the cauliflower for about 2 minutes; it should still be crisp. With a skimmer, transfer the florets to a tray to cool quickly. Repeat with the carrots and then with the celery, cooking them just long enough to remove their raw taste; they will be cooked more later. Add the white wine vinegar to the water and blanch the mushrooms for 1 minute (the vinegar will keep the mushrooms white). Drain and spread the mushrooms on a tray to cool quickly.

Add the cauliflower, carrots, celery, and mushrooms to the sauce. Add the juices from the canned and jarred vegetables. Add the pepperoncini, olives, pickles, onions, and artichoke hearts and toss well.

In sterilized canning jars, place 1 teaspoon tarragon vinegar (this will guarantee freshness). Load the sauced vegetables into the jar, using a wide-mouthed funnel to avoid a mess.

In one of the large pans that you have used, add olive oil, tuna, and anchovies and mix well. Top each jar with some of the tuna mixture. Cover and refrigerate, or allow to cool on the counter before serving. This will keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

* Sterilizing Jars

Properly handled sterilized equipment will keep canned foods in good condition for years. Sterilizing jars is the first step of preserving foods.

Sterilizing Tips:

Jars should be made from glass and free of any chips or cracks. Preserving or canning jars are topped with a glass, plastic or metal lid, which has a rubber seal. Two piece lids are best for canning, as they vacuum seal when processed.

Before filling with jams, pickles or preserves, wash jars and lids with hot, soapy water. Rinse well and arrange jars and lids open sides up, without touching, on a tray. Leave in a preheated 175 degree F oven for 25 minutes. Or boil the jars and lids in a large saucepan, covered with water, for 15 minutes.

Use tongs when handling hot sterilized jars, to move them from either boiling water or the oven. Be sure tongs are sterilized too, by dipping the ends in boiling water for a few minutes.

As a rule, hot preserves go into hot jars and cold preserves go into cold jars. All items used in the process of making jams, jellies and preserves must be clean. This includes any towels used, and especially your hands.

After the jars are sterilized, you can preserve the food. It is important to follow any canning and processing instructions included in the recipe and refer to USDA guidelines about the sterilization of canned products.

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  • on January 14, 2012

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    This recipe is well worth the time and money to make!! I've made this recipe 3 times now and found that it turned out with the best flavor the first time I made the recipe and modified it accidently... by forgetting to drain the juice from the green olives. When the green olive juice was left in it was a little runnier, however, the flavor was in my opinion better than the original recipe.

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  • on May 16, 2011

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    Sounds great.

    Could this be canned in a hot water bath and for how long?

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  • on December 29, 2009

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    I tried all the recipes from your holiday giving show and all I can say is "THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU". My husband, who by the way, usually does not like anything in a vinegar based marinade, as the Calabrese antipaste, told me "Do not loose this recipe" and then said that he loved it and raved about it to his entire family.

    Everyone who I served the basil oil, cranberry vinegar, calabrese antipaste, spiced walnuts to also "had to have" the recipe.

    So again, thank you ever so much, you made my holiday the best ever this year.

    Gee

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