An Splendid Eggplant Pasta


Ingredients:
1 3/4 to two lb cubed eggplant
28 oz canned crushed tomato
xiv oz canned diced tomato
four cloves garlic, minced
1 large cubanelle pepper, diced
1 ruddy onion, diced
iii tablespoons minced oregano
iii tablespoons minced basil
1 tablespoon olive oil
freshly the world dark pepper


1 lb pasta (I used cavatappi aka cellentani)
shredded fresh mozzarella (about 1/2 cup)
grated Parmesan (about 1/2 cup)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Meanwhile, produce the pasta until almost al dente. Drain in addition to educate aside. Place the eggplant into colander. Sprinkle alongside salt. Allow to sit down in addition to drain for close 10 minutes thence rinse it off thoroughly. In a large pot, oestrus the oil. Add the onion, pepper in addition to garlic. Saute over depression oestrus until the onion is soft. Add the eggplant in addition to saute for two minutes. Add the tomatoes in addition to spices. Cook until most of the liquid has evaporated, stirring occasionally, close fifteen minutes. Stir into the pasta. Pour the mixture into a 13x9 baking dish. Sprinkle alongside a layer of mozzarella in addition to Parmesan. Bake for xx minutes or until hot in addition to bubbly.

Note: It is of import to tabular array salt the eggplant in addition to brand certain the liquid inwards the sauce is by in addition to large evaporated or the dish volition move unappetizingly moisture in addition to soggy; eggplant gives off a lot of liquid. Resist the temptation to skip either of these steps.

My thoughts:
This 1 of those "more than the total of its parts" recipes. I idea it would move practiced (frankly, I was but happy to purpose upwardly this enormous eggplant I had) but it turned out to move thence smashing I had to percentage it alongside you. The simmering in addition to baking of the eggplant made it velvety smoothen in addition to silky creamy without fifty-fifty a hint of bitterness or stringy texture. It was similar a whole novel vegetable. The cubanelle pepper added a fresh tasting however subtle spice that worked good alongside the ruddy onion in addition to tomatoes. I am honestly contemplating never making a ruddy sauce without cubanelle peppers again. Reducing the sauce actually concentrated the flavour in addition to took it to a degree of deliciousness non ever industrial plant life inwards baked pasta dishes where people oft hold off for total or cheese for flavor. I didn't desire to teach out cheese completely behind but it exclusively needed a low-cal sprinkling to bump it over the superlative in addition to towards pasta bake perfection.

After eating this I realized 1 could form of intend of it equally a healthier version of eggplant Parmesan, the eggplant isn't breaded in addition to fried but at that spot is that wonderful mix of eggplant, sauce in addition to cheese that is thence comforting. This fourth dimension of year, who couldn't purpose a cozy novel dish to add together to their repertoire?



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