Recipes » Vegetables » Eggplant with Rigatoni, Tomato, Ricotta

Ingredients

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300.

Tomatoes:
Skin tomatoes, boiling water, then ice water. Peel away skin, then cut them in half length-wise. Bowl, salt, thyme, 2 oz. oil. Bake to dry for up to 2 hours. Don’t burn !

Garlic:
Small pot, olive oil, simmer on low 40 minutes. Paper towel.

Oven 375:

Slice eggplants 1 inch rounds. Sprinkle with salt, drizzle oil. Bake 30 minutes.

Pasta:
Cook and drain.

Oven: 425:
Combine pasta, eggplant, tomato, garlic, scallion and basil. Mix well. Add ricotta and toss.

Transfer to a greased baking dish, sprinkle with Parmesan, bake till crisp. About 10 – 15 minutes.