| if you decide to try prepare the macaroni following the basic recipe |
while they are drying prepare the sauce: chop finely garlic and onion and fry slightly in hot pepper oil | |
| when browned add the tomato purée made with the peeled tomatoes and make it dense at low heat |
cut the eggplants to small cubes and flour | |
| fry in as few olive oil as possible, because they absorb all it |
in the meantime boil the macaroni in abundant salted water | |
| when the eggplants will be well browned and crispy add to the tomato sauce |
add salt, oregano and stir | |
| drain the macaroni pasta well "al dente" |
saute macaroni alla norma in the sauce | |
| then season with an abundant scratch of salted ricotta |
macaroni alla Norma | |