Garganelli alla Norma

"This simple Sicilian pasta dish sings with the taste of summer using the goodness of tomatoes captured in passata and beautiful ripe eggplant fried and cooked in the rich sauce with garlic, basil and olive oil. Our friend, chef Guy Grossi (Grossi Florentino and more) made the most wonderful fresh pasta to accompany it - garganelli - but any other short pasta will work well. Seek out the adored ricotta salata cheese to serve - this is salted dried ricotta which grates perfectly to add another layer of deliciousness." Maeve O'Meara, Food Safari Earth