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Pasta alla Trapanese: Trapanese-style Pasta

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TOTAL TIME: 1 hr
Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 35 min
 
YIELD: 6 servings
LEVEL: Easy

ingredients

  • 8 large vine-ripened tomatoes, quartered
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled
  • Bunch fresh basil leaves, torn
  • 1/2 cup/117 ml extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for frying eggplant and potatoes
  • Salt
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Directions

To make the sauce also called 'pesto alla trapanese': Put the tomatoes, garlic and basil in a large mortar. Add the extra-virgin olive oil, salt and use a pestle to crush the ingredients into a paste. If the pesto looks too dry, add more olive oil. Crush the ingredients until the pesto sauce is even in consistency. Alternatively, place the above ingredients in a food processor and puree.

Heat up extra-virgin olive oil in a saucepan and fry the eggplant until golden. Place the fried eggplant on an absorbent paper towel to drain the excess oil. Season the eggplant, while hot, with salt. Follow the same procedure to fry up the potatoes.

Place the spaghetti in a pot of boiling salted water. Stir initially to prevent the strands from sticking.

Drain the spaghetti when it is 'al dente'. Place the spaghetti in a large mixing bowl, add the pesto sauce, half the quantity of the fried eggplant, potatoes, Pecorino cheese, and mix thoroughly. Transfer to a large serving bowl and top with the remaining eggplant, potatoes and Pecorino cheese. Serve immediately.

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  • on November 06, 2012

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    I made this sauce with just the pasta and loved the freshness of it. No cook sauce what a time saver. It was also very light on a summer night. I'm sure this would be wonderful as david made it but we are not in love with eggplant. David well... but not eggplant.

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  • on September 13, 2012

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    Wonderful dish... layers of flavor an instant favorite!

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