This Eggplant Pasta is One of Italy's Most Legendary Pasta

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Today we are making one of Italy's, specifically Sicily, most famous and legendary pastas, Pasta alla Norma, the star of which is eggplant.
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Pasta Alla Norma
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[@asafa36363636]

È molto bravo, però io non ho mai visto fare la Norma con le melanzane cotte nel forno sinceramente!

[@carpnstuff]

Such a simple dish but made with such UNDERSTANDING of the ingredients...this is how cooking should be.

[@asafa36363636]

Trust me, Norma is the opposite of simple to do it right!

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[@fmls8266]

This is one of my favorite pasta my mom in Italy makes 😁 My dad grows eggplants in our family field so it's quite common, along with 'melanzane alla parmigiana'. My mom stir fries them with soffritto, but make sure you drain them with salt and some weight first for few hours.

[@clausenius92]

Melanzane alla parmigiana 🤤

[@psammiad]

I always salt the aubergines, but really if baking in the oven it's not strictly necessary as they dry out anyway. But salting means they take less time to cook.

[@useless987]

Hey, this recipe is from my hometown, Catania, in Sicily. I just wanted to note a few things: - the aubergine is traditionally fried. I guess putting it in the oven with that much oil achieves a similar result. A tip to help with the flavor: cover the aubergines in coarse salt, put them in a draining bowl and put a weight on them for 20 to 30 minutes to expel their internal water which causes the bitter taste. Then rinse the aubergines, pat them dry with a clean cloth and salt them for cooking. Be sure to dry them well because hot oil reacts to the water. - not everyone uses garlic in the sauce for this recipe, but if you do I would recommend putting the clove whole or cut in half and removing it at the end, so that the garlic flavour is not too overpowering. - I would personally avoid adding butter, it's really not something that fits in terms of flavour. If the tomato sauce is sour try adding a tiny bit of sugar (like a third of a teaspoon for 2 portions). :)

[@lupesiodelupis241]

I am also Italian. I never try to use the oven and I usually fry aubergines too. Maybe, using the oven makes it simpler to control the cooking, I do not know, but I think you made a very important point about salting and putting the weight on. I was about to write about it, but you came first.

[@lupesiodelupis241]

​@@frankfurter7260, this is a good point. I think the cooking style needs to be adapted to the chemical properties of the food you cook.

[@stj971]

I've been roasting eggplant for years. It's one of my fav veggies. I make what I call eggplant cassoulet. Basically roasted eggplant layered over spinach mushrooms fresh tomatoes and cheeses all baked. Any number of things can be added ie sausage and even served over pasta. Yummy.

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Just harvested a few eggplants from my garden and found this video. I’ll be trying out this recipe tonight!

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Back to the Italian classic! Loving it.

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Great recipe. Love how you keep it practical. I switched over to using Chinese eggplant as it is sweeter and it does make a big difference in taste! Especially when oven roasted or sauteed.

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Made this last weekend according to your recipe and it was a hit! Thank you! :)

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I need that pan! Looks great for reducing a sauce. Your channel is the best!

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Tried it today. Turned out AMAZINGLY GOOD. One of my new favorite dishes, thanks a lot man :D

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Great simplicity! Thanks.

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Awesome! Thanks for the ideas!

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This is definitely one of my favorite pasta dishes! It's incredibly tasty 👌

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[@Krimbopulous]

I made something close to this accidentally after realizing how delicious eggplant was last summer. Growing up on Long Island eggplant was usually presented as a soggy and gross alternative to chicken parm, but after learning more they’ve become my favorite vegetable. Giving this a shot for sure!

[@Bande40]

Well... I hope someday you will have the chance to try what we call "melanzane alla parmigiana". Greetings from Italy!

[@slowpokexxl]

facto growing up in LI my mom used to make eggplant and I was so grossed out; tried some eggplant recipes within the past month and I can say that I am a big fan of how low cost and high use they are! This recipe looks great

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Eggplant is a boss vegetable. Italian food, Indian food, French, Lebanese - doesn't matter, it'll be glorious in any of them.

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OK so this is a Long Island mom thing. Also had the soggy EP growing up and thought I hated it until last year

[@janayh2817]

There was a pizza joint in my hometown of Jacksonville FL that had fried eggplant planks as a pizza topping. Freaking delicious. I really miss that place. Glad you came to have this yummy veg served in a way you love!

[@LUVDOGS1954]

wow....what a fine recipe...thank you !!!

[@tracye1866]

I added eggplant to my garden this year, I will definitely be trying this dish!!!

[@yaskhg6162]

I ate this in italy and always wanted to learn how to cook it. Thanks for the recipe

[@Angela-xz6mn]

Yes! I love eggplant and I cannot wait to make this dish! Thank you!!

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Thank you for sharing this recipe! It’s one of my favorite dishes and I can’t wait to make it 🤗🤗

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I agree 😋😋

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Wow! The best pasta alla Norma recipe!

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This channel really stepped up my pasta game, another one to my repertoire!!!

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Great video. Can't wait to try it

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This was amazing 🤩 Thank you 🙏🏽

[@meryanifah4286]

Soo simple, thank you for all

[@ruggeronicodemo6121]

Like you said if you fry the EP it becomes soggy and you have an excess of oil. The secret is to dry them first: you put a decent amount of salt on the EP and let them rest for a few hours with a weight on them so they lose water and bitterness and when you fry them they become crispy.

[@lupesiodelupis241]

In order to avoid that the eggplant gets soaked with oil, it is important to put them when the oil is at a temperature of about 170 degrees Celsius. Controlling the temperature is not easy though, since the specific heat of oil is very low, which means that the temperature can drop significantly when you add aubergines and increase fast if you increase the thermal power. Salting and adding a weight is important, but I think the point of this procedure is to remove the bitter taste, not to prevent them from being soggy.

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Going to try your recipe tomorrow, I liked this one better than the others😁👌🏽

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Thanks I had some and I was wondering how to cook it fast and easy

[@TaratheFoodie]

Great idea roasting the eggplant for this dish! That is really going to give it a nice depth of flavor. I can’t wait to give this one a try!

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[@kevincurtin3184]

Yes! I think the size of the eggplant pieces is so important. Chef, you really conceptualize what eggplant Norma offers us as a dish. Roasting is such a better way to go. I also love how you add some of the eggplant at the end, so it contributes to presentation, and truly contrasts with the sauce. A simple dish, but a master class of what addition by subtraction means in Italian cuisine.

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love to try this at home.

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Will try it. Thanks.

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One trick I learned a while ago when roasting vegetables is to put the sheet pan in the oven while it preheats. Adding the oiled vegetables to the piping hot sheet pan starts the cooking process immediately. No more sogginess.

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This is my favourite pasta but I’ve never been able to make it to the same level. So excited to try this man

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When you accidentally said zucchini, I immediately thought that would also be quite delicious 😋

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Mouth is watering. I cant wait to make this.

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😁😁

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Woow. Making this tomorrow.

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This looks great!

[@andrearibi932]

The g in tortiglioni is actually silent I would use the oil from the egg plants to make the sauce .. needs to drip drain to remove excess , it’s melanzane as opposed to zucchini But hey , nice work ! I like this one

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Woww, looks so delicious.

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This looks delicious 😋

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looking so delicious

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I’m on vacation in Rome and Naples this week. Will have to seek this out so I can have a reference when I get home! I haven’t heard of this before today

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You will LOVE this, the only unusual thing about it is the name, Pasta Norma... Why??????????😂😂

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Awesome. Eggplant is an unsung hero in the kitchen. I love it.

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Nonna for the win. Nailed it. Did a salt and strain first with the eggplant in the fridge for a few hours. 10/10

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Oh boy, gotta have to make this as soon as possible!

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Looks Awesome ! I've had eggplant before , but that was a parmesan , which is fried . I've got to try it roasted !

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Aubergine is a lovely vegetable to use and I cook Italian style dishes with it regularly

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I ate that dish on sicilia in the city of messina in the Trattoria al Padrino, it was a blast. Really love these types of food, especially pasta! :* Thx for sharing!

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I do this with eggplant and mushroom. Toss them in olive oil in a large bowl with seasoning and roast them in the oven while the sauce simmers. So simple, so amazing.

[@alexlackner1945]

Gotta try that. I always cooked the eggplant in the sauce but i guess roasting it might tastier.

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That looks delicious!!! 😋

[@PeiPeisMom]

Thanks for posting this; I was looking for a vegan eggplant pasta dish, but I think I can find a good enough vegan version of ricotta salata to make it work. And the stars are the roasted eggplant and the pasta anyway. This looks great!

[@mechanicalmanical]

Made this evening. Lightly seasoned my eggplant with dried mushroom powder and used feta. Otherwise, made as shown and it was excellent. Thank you.

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Looks so delicious 😋😋😋

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It's looking delicious👍🤤

[@andreacalo483]

Dude, I absolutely love your content and have always admired your deep knowledge and respect for Italian cousine. I'm not that sure about this variation, cause I found that eggplant can taste quite bitter if not properly drained of its moisture and fried. My mom normally kinda shallow fries it to avoid excess fat, rather than baking it, but I might give your method a try. Love from Sicily.

[@nellgwenn]

Try to buy male eggplants. There are less seeds, so not as bitter.

[@kwhatten]

I've also found that if you steam eggplant quickly and then fry, it doesn't absorb as much oil.

[@dianehutchinson9257]

Also, if you use smaller eggplants, they are less bitter.

[@callitags]

Male eggplants, the blossom end is round, where female eggplants have a more oblong shape at the blossom end. Smaller, younger eggplants, with nice shiny skins, and green stems are what you want to look for, and you shouldn't have much issue with bitterness

[@joeb7975]

here in the USA they've pretty much bred/engineered out the bitterness - my grandma always did that step but it is no longer necessary here. Can't speak for the rest of the world.

[@KSGomez88]

Love this! I also love how you say the word "thick", it makes my day lol. Hush I'm weird!!

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Wait until he uses the word ricotta😜

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@@gittevogelbein8259 I love that one too lol 😋