Pasta alla Norma

Name: Pasta alla Norma
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400g rigatoni or penne; 2 eggplants, cubed and fried; 3 cups tomato sauce; 1/2 cup ricotta salata, grated

Pasta alla Norma/PAH-stah ah-lah NOR-mah/

About this dish

Pasta tossed with fried eggplant, tomato sauce, and salted ricotta, a Sicilian classic.

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Ingredients

🍝400g rigatoni or penne

🍆2 eggplants, cubed and fried

🍅3 cups tomato sauce

🧀1/2 cup ricotta salata, grated

Method

Serves 3

Fry the cubed eggplant until golden, then drain.

Simmer tomato sauce with garlic and basil.

Cook the pasta until al dente.

Toss the pasta with tomato sauce and fried eggplant.

Top generously with grated ricotta salata before serving.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Pasta alla Norma is named after Bellini's opera, a Sicilian pasta celebrating the region's eggplant and ricotta salata.

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