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A bowl of bright green olives, one speared on a cocktail pick

Green olives

Prepared green olives give Sicilian caponata one of its savory ingredients alongside eggplant, celery and capers.

Italian name
Olive verdi
In the recipe
Sicilian caponata

At the table

For Visit Sicily’s caponata, add pitted green olives with capers, onion and the other vegetables before finishing with vinegar and sugar. Choose olives ready for cooking rather than freshly picked fruit.

Check the form requested by the recipe before choosing the olives.

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