Pasta alla Norma Carpenter. I've always wondered how it is possible that a plate of this simplicity, that home was eating at least twice a week (“We do today? Come on, a pasta alla Norma so we hurry” was the recurring phrase), both became so famous in the world and has been so successful. A success so large as to be become one of the symbols of Sicilian cuisine. At the bottom of, is nothing but pasta with tomato sauce and fried eggplant. Is’ true, though, that the rule in the hearts of us all his little Sicilian has.
Ingredients
For us it's not just pasta with sauce and eggplant, This is a dish that reflects the image of Sicily and its gastronomic tradition in the use of tomato, that has to be possibly the costoluto (or at least the San Marzano), Eggplant (better the Turk black round or round violetta maiden), garlic (obviously to rosso di Nubia, Slow Food). And then Sicilian extra virgin olive oil, a PDO Hyblaean mountains might be a good choice, and ricotta which must be the salt. Although in Messina using baked ricotta that I like very much, but purists would be appalled. As well as, at home we make a pasta alla Norma heretic they can't even nominate here, but take a look at it and peek through all my SICILIAN RECIPES.
The proceedings
And if you already on ingredients you fight not only between Catania, Messina and other provincial capitals, but also between countries, the procedure you might even end up in court. No to tomato sauce ready, never let it be: the tomato should be blanched in water for a few minutes, until you crumble slightly, then all peeled, cut into pieces and put to bake, slowly, up to shrink, only with extra virgin olive oil (but some people don't put it), Salt, Basil, Golden garlic and a touch of sugar to which we Sicilians never renounce.
The Eggplant should be sliced lengthways, and strictly made venting a little’ of salt, otherwise they soak too oil in frying. Is, Obviously, frying in oil, penalty hell. Yet, a couple of things: part of the eggplants should be put in the pasta, strictly hand-frayed, and part goes to flat gasket. And pasta? Here indeed we risk the lynching: I would arrest me on spaghetti. But there is a current of rigatoni that has its reasons. In short, I didn't say it was a very simple dish? I take it back…. Have a nice day!
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La traduccion al español no es correcta.
Debe ser Sicilianas … y no Sicilians.
Hi, I’m sorry but this is an automatic translator, is quite good but not enough. I hope you can understand however. Cheers, ADA