Pasta with Creamy Eggplant-Walnut Pasta Sauce

Name: Pasta with Creamy Eggplant-Walnut Pasta Sauce
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Cuisine: American, Italian
Ingredients: 2 large eggplants ((mine weighed 1065 grams total)); 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided; 2 cups fresh bread crumbs; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; ½ teaspoon chili flakes or ground chilies, or to taste; sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste; ¼ cup fresh dill, chopped, plus extra; ½ cup walnut halves, soaked for at least 2 hours and drained; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; 1 tablespoon light miso; 2 cloves garlic, minced and divided; 1 lb (454 grams) shaped pasta of choice ((I used rigatoni)); 2 medium shallots, fine dice

Instructions

Prep:25minCook:50min

This eggplant and walnut pasta sauce is one of my favourite homemade vegan pasta sauce recipes. The white sauce is loaded with flavour bombs like shallots, garlic, lemon, miso, and perfectly charred eggplant. Top with spiced breadcrumbs for that added crunch!

Updated at: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 07:45:16 GMT