caponata in agrodolce

ingredients

- 800g aubergines
- seed oil
- 3 dessert spoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 stalk celery
- 1 onion
- 300g tomatoes
- 100g pitted green olives
- 1 dessert spoon pine nuts and 1 of raisins
- 25g capers
- 100 ml vinegar
– basil

preparation


Wash and dice 800g aubergines, sprinkle with salt and let them drain to remove the bitter taste. After washing and drying them with kitchen paper, fry them in a pan with plenty of seed oil. Heat up 3 dessert spoons of extravirign olive oil, brown 1 finely chopped onion and a stalk of celery, add 300g peeled and diced tomatoes, and add salt and pepper. Just before it is cooked, add 100g pitted green olives, 1 dessert spoon of pine nuts, 1 dessert spoon raisins that have been soaked in water, 25g capers, half a dessert spoon of sugar, and 100 ml vinegar. Bring back to the boil on a low heat, then add the fried aubergines and cook for another 10 minutes. Serve the caponata hot or warm