Sicily has fertile volcanic soil and mild warm climate, so it harvests several crops of vegetables a year. Pasta is made more often with vegetable sauces, which is much healthier than meat sauces. A very common version with broccoli and this one, named in part of Bellini’s opera “Norma”.
We will need:
We will need:
Packet of durum wheat pasta,
2 eggplants,
3-4 large ripe tomatoes or 250 g sliced tomatoes in their own juice,
1 red hot pepper,
100 g salted ricotta,
2 garlic cloves,
olive oil,
coarse sea salt,
A few basil leaves.
Method of preparation:
Method of preparation:
Cut eggplants in thin slices or slices, salt them and put under the press so that bitterness disappears. Pour olive oil in a pan, put hot peppers to taste, a small piece and fry crushed garlic. When oil is flavorful, remove garlic, add peeled and chopped tomatoes. In another pan, fry the eggplant in olive oil, then combine both masses, salt a little and add finely chopped basil. Boil the pasta as directed on the package, sprinkle with grated salted ricotta when serving it’s more compacted and firm, unlike regular pasta .
What are some specific ways that the Mediterranean diet can help prolong life and enhance the summer experience?
Can you please provide more information about the Mediterranean diet and its connection to longevity? Additionally, I’m curious to know what makes pasta Sicilian-style Alla Norma unique and in what ways it relates to summer.