Fruity:Beef with fennel caponata.William MeppemClassic caponata is a Sicilian dish,usually a dice of eggplant (sauteed with celery,onion,and garlic) with a sweet-sour sauce,and often with dried fruit and pinenuts. The sweet-sour nature of this dish,and the use of fruit and nuts,can be traced back to the ninth century,when the Moors came to Sicily.