Pasta alla Norma – Pasta with Eggplant – Pasta e Melanzane

Ingredients

Instructions

  • 1. In a large sauté pan add your oil, garlic, and chili pepper.
  • 2. Put the heat on medium/high and garlic.
  • 3. When garlic is golden, remove from oil, add tomatoes, and most of the basil.
  • 4. Keep some basil to garnish the plate before serving.
  • 5. Lower your flame and let the tomatoes cook about 20 minutes.
  • 6. While, tomatoes are cooking, wash, dry and cut your eggplant skin on into cubes.
  • 7. Add about 2 cups of vegetable oil in a medium frying pan and put on a high flame.
  • 8. When the oil is hot start frying your eggplants a little at a time (don’t overcrowd pan otherwise they’ll absorb lots of oil).
  • 9. Drain on a paper towel. Salt lightly and set on the side.
  • 10. When the sauce is ready it needs to be puréed, best is a vegetable manual strainer, and if you don’t have one use an immersion blender or even a standard blender.
  • 11. Add strained sauce and eggplant back into your sauté pan and place on low heat.
  • 12. Place a large pot filled with water and salt on heat to boil for your pasta.
  • 13. Cook your pasta al dente and drain it. Now mix the pasta with your sauce and eggplants and stir to coat pasta evenly.
  • 14. Before serving grate a generous amount of Ricotta Salata and basil to garnish.

Notes

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