The pasta salad with sun-dried tomatoes and eggplant is a tasty and flavorful dish, a vegetarian main course rich in flavors and aromas.
It can be prepared quickly and enjoyed warm or cold, a Mediterranean recipe with a combination of ingredients like the scent of fresh basil, the unmistakable aroma of sun-dried tomatoes, capers, cubes of fried eggplant, and parmesan flakes that make this dish very inviting for a second helping!
For this recipe, I used penne rigate, but fusilli, tortiglioni, or ruote are also fine, the choice is yours!
Even the choice of sun-dried tomatoes in oil gives its flavor; I used those I prepared myself, sun-dried, find the recipe here!
Pasta salad is perfect to bring to the beach or for a lunch break at work.
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- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 2-3
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients for the pasta salad with sun-dried tomatoes and eggplant
- 1 round eggplant (medium)
- 6 sun-dried tomatoes in oil
- 2 tablespoons capers in vinegar
- 5 cherry tomatoes
- 2 sprigs basil
- to taste peanut oil (for frying)
- to taste olive oil
- to taste salt
- to taste parmesan shavings
- 4.6 oz penne rigate
Tools
- Small Pot
- Stovetop
- Deep Plate
Preparation for the pasta salad with sun-dried tomatoes and eggplant
Clean and wash the eggplant, cut it into cubes and then fry them in a small pot with peanut oil.
Drain the cubes on absorbent paper.Bring water to a boil, salt it and cook the penne al dente.
Drain the slices of sun-dried tomatoes and cut them into small pieces, also cut the cherry tomatoes.
Drain the pasta, pour it into a baking dish, add the cubes of fried eggplant, sun-dried and fresh tomatoes, and mix everything well.
Add the capers, if they are large chop them too, some fresh basil leaves, drizzle with a little olive oil, mix again, and serve with parmesan shavings.
Anna recommends…
The cold pasta can be stored in the fridge for a day, you can also take it to the beach in a cooler bag!
You can enrich the pasta with other ingredients to your taste.
You can also use another type of short ridged pasta.
