Caponata recipe

Name: Caponata
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 2 aubergines, cut into chunks; 2 tbsp light olive oil; 5 celery sticks, cut into chunks; 5 tbsp olive oil; 2 red onions, chopped; 227g tin chopped tomatoes; 250g cherry tomatoes; 3 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 tbsp sugar; 4 tbsp white wine vinegar; 4 tbsp capers; 100g green olives; 2 tbsp sultanas; 2 tbsp pine nuts; handful fresh basil leaves; crostini, to serve

Hailing from Sicily, this vegan-friendly aubergine stew is packed with tomatoes, olives, capers and sultanas. A blend of sugar, garlic and white wine vinegar gives it a unique sweet-sour flavour that coats the vegetables like a salad dressing, bringing out the natural sweetness of the dish. This caponata recipe is delicious warm or served at room temperature slathered onto crunchy crostini.

See method

Serves 6
10 mins to prepare and 1 hr 10 mins to cook
241 calories / serving

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Tesco Aubergine Each
Aldi Price Match
2 aubergines, cut into chunks
£0.95
£0.95/each
Tesco Light In Colour Olive Oil 500Ml
2 tbsp light olive oil
£5.75
£11.50/litre
Tesco Celery Sticks 250G
5 celery sticks, cut into chunks
£0.90
£3.60/kg
Tesco Red Onions Pack 1Kg
80p Clubcard Price
(£0.80/kg)
Offer valid for delivery from 06/10/2026 until 19/10/2026
2 red onions, chopped
£0.95
£0.95/kg
Grower's Harvest Chopped Tomatoes 400G
Aldi Price Match
227g tin chopped tomatoes
£0.43
£1.08/kg
Nightingale Farms Cherry Tomatoes 250G
250g cherry tomatoes
£0.62
£2.48/kg
Tesco Garlic 4 Pack
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3 garlic cloves, sliced
£0.87
£0.22/each
Trade Aid Uk Granulated Sugar 500G
1 tbsp sugar
£1.00
£2.00/kg
Tesco White Wine Vinegar 350Ml
4 tbsp white wine vinegar
£1.55
£4.43/litre
Tesco Capers 190G
4 tbsp capers
£2.30
£19.17/kg DR.WT
Tesco Pitted Green Olives In Brine 340G
100g green olives
£1.10
£6.75/kg DR.WT
Grower's Harvest Sultanas 500G
Aldi Price Match
2 tbsp sultanas
£1.39
£2.78/kg
Tesco Wholefoods Pine Nuts 100G
2 tbsp pine nuts
£3.95
£39.50/kg
Tesco Fresh Cut Basil 30G
Aldi Price Match
handful fresh basil leaves
£0.50
£16.67/kg
Crosta & Mollica Oregano Crostini 150g
crostini, to serve
£2.15
£14.33/kg

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 3, 170°C, fan 150°C. Heat the oil in a large pan. Add the aubergine in batches and fry until golden.
Tip into a roasting tin with the remaining ingredients (except for the pine nuts and basil) and toss to combine. Roast for 1 hr, until softened and golden.
Meanwhile, toast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan. Remove from the heat and set aside, until needed. Scatter the pine nuts and basil over the veg and serve with crostini.