# @barilla on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz3r2AXsmkV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13243888-barilla-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/263c4deb77.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-11-20T13:48:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Barilla (@barilla) — https://gondola.cc/barilla

## Caption

What do pasta and the opera have in common? 🤔 Apparently a lot more than you'd think! 

Turns out that the traditional Sicilian pasta alla norma has composer Vincenzo Bellini to thank for its name. After having composed a true work of art called Norma, this popular dish was named in his honour.

If you got to (re)name your favourite pasta dish, what would it be? Let us know below! 👇

Ingredients (serving 4):
320g GF Barilla Penne Rigate
1kg fresh red tomatoes
250g eggplants
50g onion
50g smoked tofu
30ml extra virgin olive oil
sunflower oil for frying
6 fresh basil leaves
1 garlic clove
flour (for eggplant frying)
salt and pepper to taste

Method:

1. Wash, dry and dice the eggplant into 1 cm wide chunks. Place in a colander and sprinkle with salt. After half an hour, flour and fry in sun flower oil.
2. In a pan, sweat the onion coarsely chopped with the oil and a whole clove of garlic peeled.
3. Wash the tomatoes and dice, then add to the pan.
4. Salt, pepper and cook for about 10 minutes, then strain in a vegetable mill.
5. Add the fried eggplant to the tomato sauce. In the meantime, boil the pasta in abundant salted water.
6. Drain when al dente, and dress with the sauce, add the basil torn with your hands.
7. Plate and sprinkle with the grated smoked tofu.

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