Pasta alla norma

History

The pasta alla norma is a pasta dish in Sicilian cuisine from catania, an Italy city on the east coast of Sicily. There are different theories about "pasta all norma"

the first theory: says that the name of the dish was given by a playwright Nino Martoglio. He was comparing the goodness of the pasta with the opera lirica and exclaimed: This is a Norma! 

The second theory: is that while writing this masterpiece Vincenzo Bellini used to go to a restaurant and ordered always this dish of pasta, so the owner finally name it after his opera to homage Bellini.

Ingredients

- 320 g of pasta                                     - 1 eggplant
- 1 garlic clove                                      - 150 g ricotta
- 200 g of ripe tomatoes                        - 1 bunch Italian basil
- 1 spoonful crushed tomato                 - virgin olive oil
                                             - salt      
Serves: 4 people
Preparation
1- To start with, boil the pasta.
2- Next cut the eggplant in slices and fry them with a splash of oil and the garlic clove. After this, add the sliced tomatoes and the spoonful of crushed tomato.
3- When the pasta has been boiling for 3 minutes, drain it and add it to the skillet with the eggplant and some water.
4- Finally, serve the pasta with the eggplant, the tomato sauce and top with the ricotta cheese grated and some basil.

In this video you can see who prepared the recipe!

Source wikipedia, viagourtment.com, canalcocina.es