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📋 Giambotta or Ciambotta Italian Vegetable Stew

Ciambotta or Giambotta is an Italian vegetable stew from the South of Italy. Each region has a different name and version, however, it is usually made with summer vegetables like peppers, eggplants, zucchini, onions, and potatoes. Make a large batch and eat it for the week, the flavor gets better each day.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Italian
Diet Vegan
Keyword baked vegetables, ciambotta, vegetable stew
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Servings 8 people
Calories 387kcal
Author Laura Tobin

Equipment

Ingredients

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Bake potatoes and onions

  • Oil a large baking tin using extra virgin olive oil
  • Place the chopped and peeled potatoes and onions and season them with salt
    3 medium potatoes, 3 onion
  • Bake in a hot oven at 355 F - 180 C for 20 minutes

Add peppers and eggplants

  • Add the chopped peppers with core and seeds removed
    3 red peppers
  • Add the peeled and chopped eggplants and season with salt and a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
    3 eggplants
  • Bake at 355 F - 180 C for 20 minutes

Add the zucchini

  • Add the chopped zucchini and season with salt and a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
    3 zucchini
  • Bake at 355 F - 180 C for 30 minutes

Add the tomato sauce

  • Stir, add the tomato sauce and stir some more. You can also like some chili if you like it hot
    1 cup regular tomato sauce, 1 teaspoon dried hot chili
  • Bake at 355 F - 180 C for 30 minutes

Serve

  • Add some fresh chopped basil, stir and serve
    ½ cup fresh basil leaves

Video

Notes

  • You can use any summer vegetables you like, Ciambotta is not a precise recipe
  • You can either cook the vegetables at different times or cook them all together for the same length of time. In this last case, some vegetables will be more cooked than others.
  • Add garlic if you like
  • You can serve it as a vegan main meal 

Nutrition

Calories: 387kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 20g | Sodium: 18mg | Potassium: 1083mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 1671IU | Vitamin C: 94mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 2mg