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45 Minutes
Vegetarian

Baked Pasta Alla Norma

  • Easy
  • Family Friendly
  • Healthy

Hailing from Sicily, this classic Italian pasta is a luscious medley of meltingly soft eggplant and rich tomato sauce. We've fast-forwarded the sauce simmering for our weeknight version by baking it in the oven for a lovely, velvety texture. Sicilians like it hot, but you can adjust the chilli flakes to your liking.

Ingredients and Equipment

Serves

Supplied Ingredients

1 eggplant

1 eschalot

½ tsp chilli flakes *

200g penne pasta

2 garlic cloves

1 vegetable stock cube

1 tsp Italian Kitchen Herbs *

1 x 400g can cherry tomatoes

50g grated parmesan

60g mixed salad leaves

* Extra supplied, measure amount

Pantry Ingredients

20ml (1 tbs) olive oil

Equipment you'll use

large baking dish

large saucepan

colander

heatproof jug

Nutrition Information

Per Serving

Calories 674.5kCal

Energy 2822.0kJ

Fat 21.3g

Saturated Fat 9.1g

Carbohydrate 89.7g

Sugar 16.7g

Protein 26.0g

Sodium 110.4mg

The average adult daily energy intake is 8700 kJ

Allergens

Contains: Wheat; and gluten if it is present, Milk, Sulphites

May contain traces of other allergens

Recipe

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1

Roast Eggplant

Preheat oven to 200°C fan-forced. Cut eggplant into 2cm dice. Peel and slice eschalot. Place eggplant and eschalot in a baking dish with oil, chilli flakes and ½ teaspoon sea salt and mix well to coat. Roast for 20 minutes or until eggplant is golden brown and almost tender. While vegetables are roasting, continue with step 2.

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2

Cook Pasta

Cook pasta in a saucepan of salted, boiling water for 10–12 minutes or until al dente. Drain, reserving 60ml (¼ cup) pasta cooking water.

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3

Prepare Sauce

Meanwhile, peel and thinly slice garlic. Crumble stock cube into a heatproof jug with 200ml hot water and Italian Kitchen Herbs and mix to combine.

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4

Add Sauce

Remove eggplant from oven and pour over cherry tomatoes and stock mixture. Add garlic to tray and return to oven for a further 10–12 minutes or until eggplant is soft and sauce has reduced.

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5

Mix Pasta

Remove eggplant mixture from oven. Stir through pasta, reserved pasta water and most of the parmesan (reserving some to serve). Season with salt and pepper and toss well to combine.

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6

Plate Up

Toss salad leaves with your favourite dressing. Divide pasta between bowls and sprinkle with remaining parmesan. Serve with salad on the side.

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