Caponata

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 20mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    386
based on 14 ratings

Every Italian region has a version of caponata and there are variations of this recipe even within different areas of the same region. Following is the version from Palermo, in Sicily. User generated recipes have not been re-tested by Kenwood.

Inspired by: https://blog.giallozafferano.it/mille1ricette/

recipe updated 4 Oct 2022

Ingredients

  • Aubergine icon
    Aubergine
    5
  • Celery stalk icon
    Celery stalk
    120 g
  • Onion icon
    Onion
    200 g
  • Tinned peeled plum tomatoes icon
    Tinned peeled plum tomatoes
    150 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    as needed
  • Water icon
    Water
    as needed
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oil
    50 ml
  • Capers icon
    Capers
    100 g
  • Pitted green olives icon
    Pitted green olives
    200 g
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar
    25 g
  • Tomato purée icon
    Tomato purée
    50 g
  • White wine vinegar icon
    White wine vinegar
    50 ml
  • Water icon
    Water
    50 ml

Tools

  • kCook icon Paper towels
  • kCook icon kCook Multi
  • kCook icon Plate
  • kCook icon Colander
  • kCook icon Fryer
  • kCook icon Large glass bowl
  • kCook icon Kcook bowl

Step preview

  1. Add aubergine and salt to a clean large glass bowl
  2. Add water to the large glass bowl
  3. Let rest - 30 min
  4. Drain content of large glass bowl into colander then set aside
  5. Line a clean plate with paper towels then set aside
  6. Heat a clean fryer
  7. Transfer aubergine to fryer carefully
  8. Fry until golden brown
  9. Transfer aubergine to plate then set aside
  10. Fit stir tool to kCook bowl
  11. Add extra virgin olive oil to the kCook bowl
  12. Fit kCook bowl to kCook Multi
  13. Attach lid to kCook bowl
  14. Heat with filler cap removed - 100°C, speed 4
  15. Then add celery stalk and onion to the kCook bowl
  16. Cook with filler cap removed - 4 min, 98°C, speed 3
  17. Then add capers, pitted green olives, sugar, tinned peeled plum tomatoes, tomato purée, white wine vinegar, water and salt to the kCook bowl
  18. Cook with filler cap removed - 20 min, 96°C, speed 2
  19. Transfer aubergine to kCook bowl
  20. Stir with filler cap removed - 1 min, speed 4
  21. Let cool
  22. Serve
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