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Sicilian caponata

1. Dice 800 g aubergine, 55 g onion and 80 g celery. Soften them covered in all 27 g olive oil. 2. Add 400 g crushed tomatoes, 80 g drained pitted green olives in brine, 9 g drained capers, 30 g wine vinegar and 12.5 g sugar. Simmer until the vegetables are tender. 3. Add 15 g basil and 6.5 g salt. Divide the whole dish and all sauce into four portions; bread is outside this version.

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55 minDifficulty: medium
Sicilian caponata of eggplant, tomato, celery, olives and capers

Servings in this printout: 4

Ingredients

Servings4
  • 800 g aubergine
  • 27 g olive oil
  • 55 g peeled onion
  • 80 g celery stalk
  • 400 g crushed tomatoes
  • 80 g pitted green olives in brine, drained
  • 9 g drained capers
  • 30 g red wine vinegar
  • 12.5 g white sugar
  • 6.5 g iodised salt
  • 15 g fresh basil

Method

  1. Dice 800 g aubergine, 55 g onion and 80 g celery. Soften them covered in all 27 g olive oil.
  2. Add 400 g crushed tomatoes, 80 g drained pitted green olives in brine, 9 g drained capers, 30 g wine vinegar and 12.5 g sugar. Simmer until the vegetables are tender.
  3. Add 15 g basil and 6.5 g salt. Divide the whole dish and all sauce into four portions; bread is outside this version.

Nutrition per serving

Nutrition values are approximate estimates, not laboratory analyses. Products and portion size affect the result.

Net carbs
13.73 g
Total carbohydrates (incl. fibre and polyols)
20.51 g
Protein
2.28 g
Fat
10.49 g
Modeled GL estimate
about 6 / serving

low GL

Confidence · Low Some values or assumptions in the calculation are uncertain.

The estimate combines ingredient carbohydrate and GI data with modeled assumptions. The calculation also uses comparison values from similar foods or food groups. Small amounts of carbohydrate were left out of the calculation.

Estimate details and sources ↗

How was the estimate calculated?

The serving’s GL is calculated from ingredient data. Confidence describes the evidence behind the calculation. Your blood sugar response may vary.

  • aubergine · Value used in the model
  • peeled onion · Value used in the model
  • celery stalk · Value used in the model
  • crushed tomatoes · Value used in the model
  • red wine vinegar · Value used in the model
  • white sugar · Comparison value
  • fresh basil · Value used in the model

Documented small portions are omitted from this calculation. Their combined amount or documented upper bound is shown separately. This is a modeled ingredient estimate, not a measured meal response. Biological uncertainty has not been quantified.

Small portions omitted: 0.1 g available carbohydrate per serving.

Research sources and technical details

Source names and technical notes appear in their original form.

  • aubergine · op142-vegetable-imputation40 · op142-fineli-362
  • peeled onion · op142-vegetable-imputation40 · op142-fineli-335
  • celery stalk · op142-vegetable-imputation40 · op142-fineli-339
  • crushed tomatoes · op142-vegetable-imputation40 · op142-fineli-398
  • red wine vinegar · op142-lowcho50-v2 · op142-fineli-929
  • white sugar · op142-sucrose60 · op142-fineli-1
  • fresh basil · op142-lowcho50-v2 · op142-fineli-11134

Carbohydrate data sources

GI and calculation sources

  • PROJECT PI, not measured food GI: Published assignment for low-carbohydrate vegetables, not measured food GI · Project published-imputation assignment, not measured ingredient or meal GI. Coding estimate only. Application to named fresh herbs, sprouts and alliums is an explicit project interpretation. It does not establish a physiological maximum or a one-unit uncertainty bound. Not a default for seed spices, flour, sauces or stock. (Low)CALCULATION_POLICY · PUBLISHED_IMPUTATION · PUBLISHED_IMPUTATION
  • PROJECT PI, not measured food GI: Named foods with <=5 g available CHO/100 g · Project published-imputation assignment, not measured ingredient or meal GI. Published low-carbohydrate default. The <=5 g/100 g operational cutoff and named bindings are explicit project interpretation, not a threshold validated by Schakel. Excludes ordinary fruit, flour, concentrated sauce and nuts above the cutoff. (Low)CALCULATION_POLICY · PUBLISHED_IMPUTATION · PUBLISHED_IMPUTATION
  • Human comparator: LoGiCane sucrose · Human-measured sucrose comparator applied as an explicitly LOW-confidence sucrose-dominant sugar analogy; not a measured whole-recipe GI. European cohort selected consistently, not pooled with Chinese cohort. Other cohort means and CIs are not food-preparation bounds. Brown sugar is only an applied sucrose-dominant analogy. (Low)ANALOG · HUMAN_GI · FOOD_ANALOGUE

Notes

Weigh the edible ingredients listed above. All listed food, sauce and cooking fat belong to the servings; separate side dishes are excluded. Nutrition values are indicative ingredient-based estimates.