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Pasta alla Norma
Italian pasta and eggplant dish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pasta alla Norma (Italian: [ˈpasta alla ˈnɔrma]), also called pasta con le melanzane (lit. 'pasta with eggplant'),[1] is a pasta dish made from eggplant. It is typical of Sicilian cuisine,[2] from Catania in particular.[3]
It is made of penne or other pasta with tomato sauce, covered with slices of fried eggplant and served with grated ricotta salata cheese[3] and often basil.[4][5]
It was named in honor of a native of Catania, Vincenzo Bellini, the composer of the opera Norma.[3][1] It is said that the Italian writer Nino Martoglio exclaimed "This is a real 'Norma'!", meaning a masterpiece, when he tasted the dish,[5][6] although the name is not attested until decades after his death.[7][better source needed]
Pasta alla Norma was named "dish of the year" by the BIT Tourism Award in 2018.[5]
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