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Our recipe of the month!
Ingredients
- 2 large aubergines
- ½ litre/17½fl oz pomace oil, for frying (or olive oil)
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp Italian olive oil
- 400g/14¼oz tinned Italian chopped tomatoes
- 3 tbsp sliced fresh basil
- 300g/10½oz conchiglioni pasta (pasta shells)
- 100g/3½oz pecorino romano cheese
- salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- To serve
- green salad
- Cut the aubergine into cubes approximately 2cm (0.75in), place in a sieve, sprinkle with 3-4 pinches of salt and leave to rest, allowing the excess water to drain.
- Once ready, preheat the pomace or olive oil in a tall saucepan and fry the aubergines until golden and crisp (approximately three minutes).
- Drain the excess oil and place aubergines in a bowl ready to use.
- In a saucepan, gently fry the garlic in the olive oil, immediately add the aubergines and the chopped tomatoes and stir well.
- Add the basil, season with salt and pepper and allow to cook on a low heat for approximately 20 minutes.
- In the meantime, cook the pasta in salted boiling water until al dente.
- Drain the pasta and place back into the same large saucepan.
- Add the aubergine sauce to the pasta, mix well and serve immediately with pecorino Romano shavings and a green salad.
