Pasta - Eggplants, ricotta sauce and nduja

Pasta is one of the most famous italian dishes. It is easy to make and most of the times all the ingredients are sitting in the fridge. This sauce is made with eggplants, ricotta and nduja.

Good

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Chop the onions in quite small pieces.

Step 2

Pour some olive oil into a small casserole and when is hot, add the onions and when they are translucents, add the tomato sauce.

Step 3

Stir the sauce for a minute and add the nduja, some salt, pepper and basil. Decrease the heat and cover the pot with a lid. The sauce needs to cook for more or less half an hour.

Step 4

While the sauce is on the stove, prepeare the eggplants. Cut the eggplants in small cubes.

Step 5

Heat up a generous amount of oil in a frying pan and fry the eggplant until the are a little crispy. Strain the eggplants and put them into the sauce.

Step 6

After adding the eggplants to the sauce, add the ricotta too. Stir for a minute, put the lid back on the pot and cook sauce for ten more minutes.

Step 7

Cook the pasta in boily and salty water as long as indicated on its box. Strain the pasta and serve adding the eggplants and ricotta sauce and some basil.