On our last night in Sicily, we came home from a long day at the beach to a house filled with the amazing aroma of traditional Sicilian flavors. The team at Don Venerando had been busy cooking all evening. When you stay at a Thinking Traveller's villa, you can cook for yourself, or request anything you want for dinner. We opted for traditional Sicilian cuisine so that we could have an authentic experience.

Dinner included an antipasti of simple grilled eggplant and eggplant caponata. We also had the best almond pesto pasta (get the recipe here). The caponata was gone quickly. We all scooped it up with pieces of bread and even just began eating it by itself with a fork - it was that good! The caponata was made with large pieces of fried eggplant and red peppers, it melted in our mouths.