Sicilian-Style Rigatoni

12m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Cut cherry tomatoes and a small red onion in half.
  2. 2In a frying pan, sauté the garlic and red onion in olive oil.
  3. 3Add the cherry tomatoes and cook until softened.
  4. 4Season with salt and pepper.
  5. 5Add a glass of white wine to the pan.
  6. 6Blend the tomato mixture using an immersion blender.
  7. 7Strain the sauce.
  8. 8Slice eggplant and fry in olive oil until golden brown.
  9. 9Cook the rigatoni pasta al dente.
  10. 10In a frying pan, add the tomato sauce, pasta, and parmesan cheese.
  11. 11Toss to coat the pasta with the sauce.
  12. 12Serve the pasta topped with fried eggplant slices, mozzarella balls, basil leaves and a pinch of red pepper flakes.

Ingredients

  • 20 cherry tomatoes
  • 1 small red onion
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 6 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch black pepper
  • 1 glass white wine
  • 1 eggplant
  • 250 g rigatoni pasta
  • 2 tbsp parmesan cheese
  • 3 leaves basil
  • 8 small mozzarella balls
  • 1 pinch red pepper flakes

Equipment

knifecutting boardfrying panimmersion blenderstrainergraterspoonfork