Pasta alla norma
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88 · 70 minutes · Pasta alla Norma is a delicious Sicilian pasta dish with eggplant, marinara and basil. This amazing recipe features roasted eggplant, not fried! Recipe yields 4 entrée servings.
9 ingredients
Produce
- • 1/2 cup Basil, fresh
- • 2 Eggplants, medium
- • 1/2 tsp Oregano, dried
Condiments
- • 1 batch Super simple marinara sauce
Pasta & Grains
- • 8 oz Rigatoni
Baking & Spices
- • 1/2 tsp Red pepper flakes
- • 1/4 tsp Salt, fine
Oils & Vinegars
- • 1/4 cup Olive oil, extra-virgin
Dairy
- • 3/4 cup Ricotta salata and/or parmesan cheese
A quick and easy eggplant pasta topped with fresh basil and plenty of cheese! Yum!
40 · 55 minutes · Recipe video above. This is a traditional Italian pasta dish from Sicily, usually begun by cooking eggplant on the stove in a hefty amount of oil. I prefer roasting the eggplant - less oil plus the eggplant holds its shape better, especially when you roast at a high temp to caramelise the surface!Finishing with a good amount of fresh basil is traditional but even if you don't have any, there's other alternatives to add a touch of other flavour - such as fresh thyme, or extra dried herbs in…
13 ingredients
Produce
- • 1/2 cup Basil, leaves
- • 800 g Eggplant
- • 2 Garlic cloves
- • 1 tsp Italian herbs, dried
- • 1/2 Onion, small
- • 700 g Tomato passata
Baking & Spices
- • 1/2 tsp Red pepper flakes
- • 1 tsp Salt and pepper
Oils & Vinegars
- • 4 tbsp Olive oil, extra virgin
Dairy
- • 1 Parmesan cheese
Beer, Wine & Liquor
- • 1/4 cup White wine, dry
Liquids
- • 1/4 cup Water
Other
- • 300g / 10 oz spaghetti or other pasta, long or short ((macaroni, rigatoni, penne, ziti, fettucini, bucatini))
Cathy Brockman saved to cooking Pasta
Pasta alla Norma is a super simple, classic Sicilian dish made with roasted eggplant, sweet plum tomatoes, fragrant basil, and salty ricotta salata.
Vero PropertyPro saved to pastas
By: Francesca Montillo, ISDA Food + Travel Writer In 2019, right before tourism shut down, I led a food and wine tour of Sicily. Of course, being just that, a food and wine tour, we had our share of delicious Sicilian cuisine. One dish that kept popping up in many restaurants was the dish simply known … Continued
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1 · 45 minutes · La pasta alla norma è un primo piatto tipico della Cucina Siciliana in cui la pasta viene condita con Sugo di pomodoro, Melanzane fritte a tocchetti, Ricotta salata e foglioline di Basilico. La ricetta ha origini catanesi dove, si racconta, un commediografo siciliano, rimase talmente colpito dalla Bontà di questo piatto da paragonarlo alla celebre opera di Bellini, La Norma. Da allora, questo piatto tipico della tradizione siciliana cominciò ad essere chiamato "alla norma" ed oggi è…
9 ingredients
Pasta & Grains
- • 400 g Pasta corta con buco
Dairy
- • 1 Q.b. ricotta salata
Other
- • 2 Lt olio d'oliva (o di semi di arachidi) (per friggere)
- • 1 Mazzetto basilico
- • 1 Melanzana (grande)
- • olio d'oliva
- • 750 ml Passata di pomodoro
- • peperoncino (facoltativo)
- • 1 Spicchio aglio
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This is a beautifully simple, classic Sicilian pasta dish – it’s incredibly satisfying, full of flavour, and feels like a great big hug in a bowl. It also contains two of your five-a-day (bonus!), and the nutty-flavoured wholewheat pasta is much higher in fibre than the white refined stuff (double bonus!), so is a fantastic switch to make. The aubergine takes on the most amazing texture, the capers and pecorino add a lovely saltiness to the sweet tomato sauce and the chilli flakes give it a…
12 ingredients
Produce
- • 2 Aubergines
- • 1/2 bunch Basil, fresh
- • 1 tsp Chilli flakes, dried
- • 3 cloves Garlic
- • 1 tsp Oregano, dried
Condiments
- • 1 tbsp Baby capers
Pasta & Grains
- • 320 g Wholewheat spaghetti, dried
Oils & Vinegars
- • 1 Olive oil
- • 1 Olive oil, extra virgin
- • 1 tbsp Red wine vinegar
Dairy
- • 50 g Pecorino cheese
Other
- • 1 X 400 g tin of quality plum tomatoes
Florry Gibbes saved to Pasta
40 · 55 minutes · Pasta Alla Norma | Recipe Tin Eats ~ The classic Sicilian-style dish fries the eggplant; this recipe roasts it using far less oil. Simple sauce of tomato passata (purée), garlic, onions, fresh basil (can sub thyme &/or oregano), red pepper flakes, & optional white wine. Serve over any type of pasta & garnish with grated Parmesan or pecorino.
13 ingredients
Produce
- • 1/2 cup Basil, leaves
- • 800 g Eggplant
- • 2 Garlic cloves
- • 1 tsp Italian herbs, dried
- • 1/2 Onion, small
- • 700 g Tomato passata
Baking & Spices
- • 1/2 tsp Red pepper flakes
- • 1 tsp Salt and pepper
Oils & Vinegars
- • 4 tbsp Olive oil, extra virgin
Dairy
- • 1 Parmesan cheese
Beer, Wine & Liquor
- • 1/4 cup White wine, dry
Liquids
- • 1/4 cup Water
Other
- • 300g / 10 oz spaghetti or other pasta, long or short ((macaroni, rigatoni, penne, ziti, fettucini, bucatini))
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This classic Sicilian dish is classic for a reason.
11 ingredients
Produce
- • 1/2 cup Basil, leaves
- • 3 Garlic cloves
- • 3 Japanese eggplants
- • 1/2 tsp Oregano, dried
- • 1 28-ounce can San marzano tomatoes
Pasta & Grains
- • 1 lb Short tube pasta
Baking & Spices
- • 1 1/2 tsp Kosher salt
- • 1/2 tsp Red pepper flakes
Oils & Vinegars
- • 1 4 cup olive oil plus 2 tablespoons
Dairy
- • 1 cup Parmigiano reggiano cheese
- • 1 cup Ricotta salata
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