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Pasta alla Norma is a classic, vegetarian Sicilian pasta dish with loads of flavor. I make it with my easy homemade marinara sauce with sweet-roasted eggplant for the best texture and flavor.

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Pasta alla Norma: Roasted eggplant, rich tomato sauce, and Pecorino cheese create a crowd-pleaser. Perfect for casual gatherings or special occasions. Enjoy this easy, hearty, and flavorful pasta dish!

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Nino Martoglio, a Sicilian writer and poet, was so impressed with this dish that he compared it to Norma, a popular opera of the day by Sicilian composer Vincenzo Bellini. It has been called Pasta alla Norma ever since. If you can't find ricotta salata by all means use good quality regular ricotta. It won't be the same dish but still well worth making.

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Say “ciao” to your new pasta alla Norma. This updated version of the Sicilian classic includes prosciutto, which is fried until golden. Its rendered fat is used to start the dish and provide a rich, nuanced flavor, and the cooked bits are used to finish it for a salty crunch. To save on time, the eggplant roasts while a quick sauce of cherry and canned tomatoes, shallots, garlic and chile comes together on the stovetop. Just before serving, the eggplant, pasta and mozzarella (in place of the…

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Sicilian Recipes Pasta alla Norma is a flavorful Sicilian dish made with eggplant, marinara, and basil. This delicious recipe uses roasted eggplant instead of frying, creating a lighter, equally tasty version. It yields 4 entrée servings. Dinner last night, my grandmother's recipe right from Sicily. Pasta alla Norma is a flavorful Sicilian dish made

Eggplant Entree Eggplant Florentine Eggplant Puttanesca Pasta A La Norma Eggplant Pasta Pasta Alla Norma Roasted Eggplant Eggplant Dishes Sicilian Recipes Pasta alla Norma is a flavorful Sicilian dish made with eggplant, marinara, and basil. This delicious recipe uses roasted eggplant instead of frying, creating a lighter, equally tasty version. It yields 4 entrée servings. Dinner last night, my grandmother's recipe right from Sicily. Pasta alla Norma is a flavorful Sicilian dish made with…

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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…

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Pasta alla Norma is a symbol of the city of Catania. The name comes from the opera La Norma by the author Vincenzo Bellini, a famous composer from Catania. It is said that many years ago, this simple and sublime dish of pasta with tomato sauce and fried eggplant was served to a few artists who performed in the opera at

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Discover the essence of Italian cooking with this authentic Pasta A La Norma recipe. A 30-minute vegetarian delight featuring eggplant, ravioli, and flavorful tomato sauce. Save this pin to your "Pasta Eggplant" board and explore the article for more Sicilian pasta recipes.

Discover the essence of Italian cooking with this authentic Pasta A La Norma recipe. A 30-minute vegetarian delight featuring eggplant, ravioli, and flavorful tomato sauce. Save this pin to your "Pasta Eggplant" board and explore the article for more Sicilian pasta recipes.

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