Pasta With Eggplant (Aubergine)

Submitted by Mirj2338

"Very Mediterranean and very yummy! A good meal for vegetarians or vegans."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large eggplant, peeled and cut into 3/4 inch cubes
• 1 lb ziti pasta
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
• 1 onion, peeled and diced
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes with juice
• 12 kalamata olives, pitted and chopped
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh basil

directions

1. Heat 3 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large, deep skillet.
2. Add the eggplant cubes and cook, stirring, until golden brown, about 15 to 18 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, cook the ziti according to package directions.
4. When it is al dente, drain.
5. Remove the eggplant from the saute pan.
6. Add the garlic and the onion, along with the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and cook for 3 minutes, stirring.
7. Add the tomatoes and crush them with your fingers.
8. Add the cooked eggplant cubes and the olives.
9. Cook and stir 15 minutes, until sauce is thick.
10. Season with salt and pepper.
11. Stir in the basil.
12. Cook 2 minutes.
13. Add the ziti to the sauce and stir to combine.
14. Serve hot.

Reviews

[Maryland Jim]

Very nice dish. My garden is overflowing with eggplant so I have been trying some different dishes. Great flavor but to me, the amount of pasta was just a bit too much. Oh, and the recipe says it serves 6, must be six huge football players, this makes a lot of food. Thanks for a ndew and different way of doing eggplant.

 

[Countrywife]

Wonderful! We like eggplant alot and our new neighbors grew lots of plants this year, so we've been eating so much of it. I've been trying many new recipies and this is one of the best so far.

 

[Skylinesuzy]

Simply lovely use of eggplant. The only change I made was to add 1/4 cup Shiraz-cab right after the addition of the tomatoes.

 

[flower7]

I thought this was very good as written but even better with a little feta cheese (I just LOVE feta with eggplant!) I halved the recipe and I still had 4-5 servings. I used a 7 oz eggplant, red onion (what I had on hand) and diced tomatoes (also on hand). I couldn't find ziti (really!) so used mostaccioli instead. Thanks for sharing Mirj!

 

[CaliforniaJan]

We love eggplant and my daughter's a vegetarian so this is a perfect dish for us. Great taste and I got to use my home grown basil and I also added a few fresh tomatoes from the garden.