Eggplant in Olive Oil Antipasto (Melanzane sott'olio) 

One of my dad's favorites. When I found out he was buying it from a Italian deli for $30 a jar, I started making it for him for about $3 for a 32oz jar.

Love Pasquale and love when he speaks Italian, just like my family dialect, he’s a cutie! Mom made lots of jarred eggplant for our sandwiches, and stored them in the basement. Grazie!

This recipe is fantastic! I’ve made this about 7 times in the past 3 months now. It is so tasty. A great appetizer or a meal with bread and wine. Thank you for sharing your talent and hobby with us!

My grandmother was from Naples. She made it in slices. I just picked up eggplant at the Farmer's market and was thinking about this recipe. I used to make it with my father. It has been at least 20 years. I'll make this starting tomorrow. Love your accent. I miss my grandparents. Thank you for bringing a bit of my heritage back for me.

Something very interesting: eggplants tend to be bitter sometimes, so it is always better to choose male eggplants that have less seeds and are then less bitter. Yes, there are male and female eggplants fruits. How to recognize them? Easy, looks at the bottom part of the fruit: there is an "indentation there. If it is long it is a female eggplant, if it is round, like a bellybutton, then it is a male. And for all these recipes the male fruit is much better.

You're a charming man, a wonderful teacher, and a pleasure to watch. If you treat your family as wonderfully as you treat your viewers, you are all truly blessed. 💖 I haven't even tried any of your recipes yet. I'm sure they're great but it's the process that has me watching the preparation of dishes I don't even care for and will never make. May you enjoy life for many more years.

My grandmother made this all the time. I have searched forever for the recipe thank you so much for it now.

I came here after watching tomato sauce. He's very sweet and charming personality

Sweet Chef Pasquale😍 You are a gift to You Tube🥰 I am blessed to be married to an Italian, (Pizzuto). I’ve never seen this recipe. I love egg plant. Been cooking for 60 some yrs and recently learned about the way to choose egg plants with less seeds. Egg plants are male and female. You can do the research on-line. Males have less seeds, the bottom is round and shallow. Female bottom is deep and shaped like a dash. I cannot guarantee 100% of the time, but it’s a place to start🥰🥰🥰 Both my husband and I use it as a rule. Nothing like great Italian food made at HOME😋😋😋😋😋 You’re a great advertisement for the pleasure it brings to people’s lives. God Bless🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I will never understand how people can click the thumbs down button on these videos.

Loved this stuff! My Grandma who came from Puglia made this. As a kid, I would choose if over any cake or sweet thing. Thank you.

If this isn’t the cutest man on planet earth.. I don’t know who is.

There is a saying sir that when you sing while cooking the out come of the food you cook is more delicious😊 happy cooking!❤

Your recipes makes people belive I'm a great cook. Thanks Chef Pasquale! 🙏

i like how he sings and demonstrates the cooking ... he looks genuinely happy. He must be a humorous guy in his young days . thank you for sharing your italian cooking secrets.. You bring a smile to my face .

Ciao Pasquale, complimenti per la ricetta, sei l'unico italiano in America che non stravolge i nostri piatti. Bravo!le melanzane fatte così sono tipiche della Calabria, buonissime

Great stuff! My mom used the same recipe with green tomatoes (unripe/no pink) and zucchini :)

Not sure which I Love more, his enthusiasm or his food.

To Chef and Family. Great presentation, wonderful laughter., I love this channel so much and I've learned to make great dishes. Thanks so much. Continuous blessing to Chef and Family. Salute Cin Cin.. Keep it coming🙏... ....also I shared your video with my Panamanian grandmother.👍👍👍

Yum! I cannot wait to make this. Thank you for sharing. Love your videos.

Ciao Pasquale buone le melenzane complimenti un saluto da Palermo salute e cin cin 🍷🍴😊

My Zia Anella made this and I have missed it since she passed away. I never did learn how to make it from her. Grazie mille, Pasquale!

That's my kind of cooking. Singing while you chop😄🎶🎵🎶

So good!someone made that for me years ago and i always wanted to know how to make it. Thanks again for another wonderful recipie.😘

This is one of the favorites of my childhood! Thank you! I will make it soon! Ciao!

I just love our little Italian chef, God Bless you always..😘😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

He sings beautiful! I can feel myself going back to Sicilian streets on a sunny walk! Best cooking channel ever in youtube! 10/10

My mother in-law made this all the time in the 80's for me. I always liked it and had the recipe but forgot the method. Now, I know that I was keeping the vinegar instead of tossing it out afterwards. Thanks to youtube and Pasquale, I will now attempt to make this again. Thanks so much for posting this.

OMG, delicious... i haven't made these in years.. they look soooo good!

C'è la luna a mezz'u mare, mamma mia ma' meritare!!! ❤️🎼🎵 Thank you for singing that song, had been a while since I heard it, put a smile on my face! Bonissima questa ricetta però!

I love your videos and your positive personality. All my life I cooked Persian food and I just started to change my dishes to Italian 😍😍

Thank you sir!! I will make this and put it in a sandwich

That was good I love the eggplant how you prepare it thank you so much for showing some of you good cooking I am going to try it Bless hands

This is one of those things in Italy that at first I wasn't sure what to make of the flavor, but over time it grew on me

Looks delish Chef :) Thank you again!!

I love how this guy is just so happy cooking!

Thank you for sharing this!!! I love it❤️

Randomly came across his tomato sauce video and I love him! I love his personality!

Thanks for this Pasquale! I'll definitely try this myself!

Love your energy and love your recipes

I just made a similar adjusted recipe for this. It came out wonderfully. This man is very nice and friendly and has some very good recipes. Thank you 😊

The best eggplant recipe I have ever taste! Delicious.

I love his style and all his recipes

Tu sei il migliore di tutti. L ho gia fatto e mi piace moltissimo. Mille grazie. Sei un esempio per tutti che vanno i pensione.

Having this extra film footage at the end of the videos really ads some comedy to it really good idea

Oh boy. I haven't eaten that in years. My mom and her family are originally from Sicily. I never made this but I have Caponata. Grazie. 🇮🇹

I've just made this and Oh My it's so delicious! My go to recipe from now on 😋 I even left the skin on (because I like it) thank you Pasquale! Buon Appetito!

Pappa Pascale, you make me so happy too. Love your recipe idea for eggplant. Thank you.

Looks yummy. Thanks for sharing your recipes

Greetings, I truly love this guy!!!! I'm from New Jersey living in Oregon and this definently brings me back!!!!

Thank you! I will try this recipe

Such a joy to watch you. Salute...!

So so good, my mother use to make it all the time!

Thanks for the recipe! I have a TON of eggplant from my garden right now & need some additional ways to prepare it.

Watching his videos makes me so happy!

Thanks! I'm going to start making this today.

Hello Pasquale! Great recipe! I love eggplant and this recipe looks interesting. I prepare a similar dish but instead of removing the liquid from the eggplant, I leave it with salt for a day, then rinse it, and boil it with 1/3 white vinegar, and 2/3 water until it's tender. Then I put it in jars with oil, spices, chopped onion and garlic. Greetings from Buenos Aires.

Beautiful!

my grandma used to make this .. yummmmm haven't had it in years !!!!

Oh my such memories. Love this, grew up with this and it's so DELISH.

My aunt Chicina used to make this for Christmas! She would make 20 jars 32 ounce a piece. She made it in a way that would last at least a year. They had sit for at least a month before all of the flavor marinated in to the eggplant. Her pieces were a little bit bigger, like 2/3 size of a credit card and flat, 1/4 inch thick. Tasty!!!!!, But much work!! Thanks for sharing Pasquale

Great!!! Tastes great with a few slices of soppressata 👍

Looks amazing

thank you for sharing your recipe

Grazie infinite! La vita e migliore con una canzone e una melanzana! ❤️

Best recipe ever seen good job so simple and easy

Oooooo- a favorite my Italian family loves!!!!

This is absolutely amazing version. And this could be done same same ingredients all with one more addition which is coarsely chopped walnuts. the outcome is so delicious

Soooooo gooooood! Thank you Chef Pasquale!!

Looks fantastic Chef Salute

Proverò la tua ricetta. Grazie per il video divertente 👏👏👏😊

Pascual me gusta su receta. Buenísima. Gracias

yum i''ll be making this you remind me of my great grand father

Thank you! We got a bumper crop of eggplant this year and my husband is Italian so I'll be making this.

Thank you so much for this recipe. Love eggplant 🍆. And this appetiser is one of my favourite since is keto friendly 😍

Once I visited a Italian family, they were from Cicily and they gave me that pickle, it was the most amazing thing I eaten in my life.

Thank you very much, Pasquale.. My grandma, Lucia, would make that and have jars of it ready for all to enjoy, and I did!

I loveee this on italian bread!!! going to make soon

I tried some of this from the store on pizza. It's very good. Now I know how to make it.

We always called this scapeche. So delicious!

Thank you . I have EGGPLANTS growing In my garden. Will make It. You make me feel Happy .

Its so simple ,You should All try and are how amazing this dish is

Singing while you cook is the sign of true happiness

I love this recipe! I really hope all of you are doing well. Best wishes to you!

I love your recipes. Thank you for the amazing ideas on your recipes. 😁👽🥰💪❤💋💋🌹🕊🙏

I love ❤️ eggplant 🍆 so much! My mom used to make so many delicious recipes when I growing up and I’m so happy 😀 I found another one ☝️

Blessing from Belize chef I enjoy your videos!!👍👍👍

This is so wholesome

I love this man ! He is the best chef.

There are so many similarities between Asian culture and Italian culture and how they preserve veggies. I love this video. Pasquale seems like he'd be the life of the party everywhere he goes.

My Mom use to make this all the time thx for the memory!

Love to see Osara cook !

My mother-in-law makes this, but she also puts chopped celery in it! Delicious!!! 😋😋😋

Love it!!!

Looks very yummy 😋

Anel Mirabelli, your singing reminds me of grandparents home in Rome , New York

GREAT video Pasquale!! God Bless!

Thank you very mash i like it !!!!

It was lovely to see you so proud of your 24 hour fast forward :))

Just like my nona used to make it ! Amazing