Baked Rigatoni With Aubergine & Mozzarella

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Baked rigatoni with aubergine


& mozzarella
Ingredients
1kg small vine or small
plum tomatoes
a sprinkling of golden caster
sugar
4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil,
plus extra for drizzling
1 large aubergine (about

Method

450g/1lb)
500g rigatoni

1. Preheat the oven to fan 140C/conventional 160C/gas 3. Halve the

2 garlic cloves, crushed

tomatoes through their equator, rather than their core. Stand them cut-

85g black olives, stoned and

side up on a shallow baking tray (I use a nonstick Swiss roll tin).

chopped

Scatter a little salt, pepper and sugar over the cut surfaces and drizzle

2 good handfuls of basil

with extra virgin olive oil. Roast for 45 minutes.

leaves, plus extra for serving

2. Meanwhile, slice the aubergine into rounds, brush both sides with

450g buffalo mozzarella

oil and spread out in one layer on another tray. After the tomatoes
have been roasting for 45 minutes, put the aubergines in with them
and roast for another 45 minutes.

3. Towards the end of the time, cook the pasta in plenty of gently

50g parmesan, freshly grated,


plus extra for serving

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3.
boiling well-salted water until nearly al dente it should be
undercooked because it finishes off in the oven. Drain well and tip into
a large bowl. Have ready 4 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil mixed with the
crushed garlic and chopped olives. Toss the oil mixture through the
pasta and turn half of it into a 2-212 litre ovenproof dish.

4. Remove the tomatoes and aubergines from the oven. (You can
prepare them up to 24 hours ahead.)

5. Turn up the oven to fan 180C/conventional 200C/gas 6. Scatter


half the tomatoes and their juices over the pasta in the dish. Roughly
tear the basil leaves and scatter on top. Drain the mozzarella, pat dry
with kitchen paper, then slice very thinly. Lay two-thirds of the slices
over the tomatoes. Grind black pepper over, and scatter over the
aubergine. Add the rest of the pasta, top with the remaining tomatoes
and mozzarella and then the parmesan. (Can be made up to here 3-4
hours in advance). Bake for 20-25 minutes, until piping hot and the top
is extra crusty. Serve hot with a sprinkle of basil and extra parmesan.

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