Easy Caponata

Vegetable Side Dish - Side Dish

Caponata is a Sicilian dish with eggplant, zucchini, tomato, and peppers traditionally cooked in oil and vinegar and flavored with sugar, raisins, capers, olives, and pine nuts. It's tangy, sweet, crunchy, and salty all at the same time. Serve at room temperature as a side dish to grilled fish or as a starter on toasted bread. Store leftovers in fridge and reheat gently. It will taste even better the next day!

Brief

Prep 20 mins

Cook: 36 mins

Total: 56 mins

Servings: 6

Yield: 6 servings

Easy Caponata

Ingredients

2 stalks stalk celery

chopped into 1/4-inch pieces

½ cup olive oil

1 onion

thinly sliced

1 medium eggplant

chopped into bite-size pieces

2 red bell peppers

thinly sliced

2 zucchini

cubed

1 ¾ cups tomato puree (passata)

½ cup white vinegar

1 tablespoon white sugar

10 black olives

pitted

2 tablespoons raisins

2 tablespoons pine nuts

1 teaspoon capers

salt and ground black pepper to taste

10 leaves basil

chopped

Side Dish

Directions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add celery and cook uncovered until softened about 1 minute. Drain in a colander and immediately immerse in ice water for several minutes to stop the cooking process. Drain.

Step 2

Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat; add onion and celery and cook until soft and translucent about 5 minutes. Add eggplant red bell peppers and zucchini and cook until slightly softened about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato puree vinegar and sugar. Cook until the vegetables are tender about 15 minutes. Add olives raisins pine nuts and capers. Season with salt and pepper and cook until flavors are well combined about 5 minutes.

Step 3

Remove skillet from heat; stir in chopped basil. Cool and serve at room temperature.

Nutritional Information

Easy Caponata

Servings Per Recipe:6

Calories: 289.5

% Daily Value *

Protein: 4.4g 9%

Carbohydrates: 25.2g 8%

Dietary Fiber: 7.1g 28%

Sugars: 14g

Fat: 20.9g 32%

Saturated Fat: 2.9g 15%

Vitamin A Iu: 1856.8IU 37%

Niacin Equivalents: 3.2mg 24%

Vitamin B6: 0.4mg 27%

Vitamin C: 70.7mg 118%

Folate: 72.2mcg 18%

Calcium: 55.7mg 6%

Iron: 2.7mg 15%

Magnesium: 55.1mg 20%

Potassium: 853.3mg 24%

Sodium: 424mg 17%

Thiamin: 0.2mg 20%

Calories From Fat: 188.5

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.