Pasta with Eggplant and Tomato Sauce

Name: Pasta with Eggplant and Tomato Sauce
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 unit eggplant; 4 tbsp parmesan cheese; 1 cup tomato sauce; 1 tsp oregano; 2 leaves basil; 4 tbsp olive oil; 7 oz pasta

ekilu Team

“Is there an eggplant in your fridge and you don’t know what to do with it? Here’s a pasta dish typical of southern Italy, called “pasta alla nonna.” Why not give it a try?”

ingredients

Difficulty

Easy

Time

20'

Fresh ingredients

eggplant

1 unit

parmesan cheese

4 tbsp

Pantry ingredients

tomato sauce

1 cup

oregano

1 tsp

basil

2 leaves

olive oil

4 tbsp

pasta

7 oz

Instructions

Fill a medium pan more than halfway with water and bring to a boil. Add the salt. Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the package.

Dice the eggplants and fry in a skillet with a little oil until tender and golden. Transfer to a bowl and set aside, leaving a little oil in the skillet for the next step.

Add the tomato sauce to the skillet together with the basil and oregano. Let cook for a few minutes.

Now add the eggplants and cook in the sauce for a couple of minutes.

Add the pasta to the skillet. Mix with a wooden spoon to incorporate all the ingredients.

Sprinkle a little Parmesan cheese over the top and it’s ready.