# Sicilian-Style Rigatoni

This is a delicious Sicilian-Style Rigatoni pasta dish, full of flavor and easy to make.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 bowl Cherry tomatoes
- 4 cloves Garlic
- Shallots
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Tomato paste
- White wine
- 1 Eggplant
- Pasta
- Parmesan cheese
- Fresh basil
- Mozzarella cheese
- Chili flakes

## Instructions

1. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.
2. Add olive oil to a pan and heat it up.
3. Add garlic cloves and shallots to the pan.
4. Add the cherry tomatoes to the pan.
5. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Add tomato paste.
7. Stir everything well.
8. Pour white wine into the pan.
9. Stir and let it simmer.
10. Blend the sauce with an immersion blender until smooth.
11. Strain the sauce to remove any solids.
12. Slice the eggplant into rounds.
13. Fry the eggplant slices in olive oil until golden brown.
14. Remove the fried eggplant from the pan.
15. Pour the tomato sauce into the pan.
16. Add cooked pasta to the sauce.
17. Grate parmesan cheese over the pasta.
18. Add a ladle of pasta water to the pan.
19. Stir until the pasta is well coated and the sauce thickens.
20. Add fresh basil and stir.
21. Serve the pasta on a plate.
22. Garnish with mozzarella cheese, fried eggplant, chili flakes, fresh basil, and a drizzle of olive oil.
23. Add black pepper and grate parmesan cheese on top.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- pan
- immersion blender
- strainer
- ladle
- plate

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8iy-D_oFtGU?si=4DrP7BZMPPeIaR-3
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b3f99f98-f6c3-42ef-9817-4a50d3881a0e
- Extracted: 2025-11-21

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