Caponata
Sicily's sweet-and-sour aubergine stew — fried aubergine with celery, onion, tomato, capers and green olives, sharpened with vinegar and sugar; better the next day and served at room temperature.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 800 g aubergines, cut into 2 cm cubes
- to taste salt
- 8 tbsp olive oil
- 3 celery sticks, sliced
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 250 g tomato passata
- 80 g green olives, pitted
- 2 tbsp capers, rinsed
- 4 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1.5 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp pine nuts, toasted
- 10 leaves fresh basil leaves
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1817 kcal · P 20.8g · C 114.5g · F 146.8g
Estimated from 11 of 12 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Toss the aubergine with 1 tsp of salt and leave in a colander for 30 minutes, then pat dry.
- 2Heat 6 tbsp of the oil in a wide pan over medium-high heat and fry the aubergine in batches for 6–8 minutes, until golden and soft. Drain on kitchen paper.
- 3Add the remaining oil to the pan and cook the onion and celery over medium heat for 8 minutes, until the onion is soft but the celery still has a little crunch.
- 4Add the passata, olives and capers and simmer for 10 minutes.
- 5Stir in the vinegar and sugar and cook for 2 minutes, until the sharp smell of the vinegar softens.
- 6Fold in the aubergine and simmer gently for 5 minutes so it takes up the sauce. Taste: it should be clearly sweet and sour, so adjust with salt, sugar or vinegar.
- 7Cool to room temperature, ideally resting it for a few hours or overnight, then scatter with the pine nuts and torn basil to serve.
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Questions and answers
How long does Caponata take to make?
About 80 minutes: 40 min prep and 40 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Caponata?
12 ingredients: aubergines, salt, olive oil, celery sticks, red onion, tomato passata, green olives, capers, red wine vinegar, sugar, pine nuts, fresh basil leaves.
How many servings does this Caponata recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Caponata?
About 303 kcal, with 3.5 g protein, 19.1 g carbohydrate and 24.5 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Caponata recipe suit?
It is vegan and gluten-free.
What cuisine is Caponata?
Caponata comes from Italian cuisine.
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