Pasta Alla Norma

Name: Pasta Alla Norma
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 small eggplant; 1 tomato, diced; 3 garlic clove, finely chopped; 1/4 onion, finely chopped; 1 tsp crushed red pepper; 1 tsp dried herbs; 1/4 cup vegetable broth; 1/2 tbsp olive oil; salt and pepper; 2 servings angel hair pasta

Jenny @Jenny_pretend_chef

I love this recipe because the fresh tomatoes and eggplant make such a tasty and filling sauce without being to tomato-heavy. This has a super great spice kick to it, but if you don't like spicy, just omit the crushed pepper. I can imagine this being great with additional vegetables you might have kickin around as well (zucchini, squash, mushrooms..). Yum!

Jenny @Jenny_pretend_chef

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Ingredients

20 mins

2 servings

1 smalleggplant
1tomato, diced
3garlic clove, finely chopped
1/4onion, finely chopped
1 tspcrushed red pepper
1 tspdried herbs
1/4 cupvegetable broth
1/2 tbspolive oil
salt and pepper
2servings angel hair pasta

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Steps

20 mins

1

Preheat oven to 425°F. Chop eggplant into chunks. Spray a baking tray with oil, add the eggplant, add cook the eggplant with a little salt and pepper for 20 minutes.
2

Meanwhile, get a pot of water boiling for the pasta. Heat olive oil in a saucepan. Add the onion when the oil is hot and cook about a minute until just softened. Add the garlic and crushed red pepper and cook another minute or until onion is translucent.
3

Add the diced tomato, vegetable broth, herbs, and salt and pepper. Cook on low until it's thickened up a bit into a sauce.
4

When the eggplant is done, add to your tomato sauce. Your water should be boiling by now - if you're using angel hair pasta, now is the perfect time to add it, it should only take about 5 minutes or so. If using a pasta that takes longer, get it cooking a bit before you add the eggplant, you don't want chunks of smoosh, the eggplant only needs about 5 minutes to cook in the sauce.
5

When the pasta is cooked, add to your sauce and toss to coat. Top of with a little cheese and enjoy!