Pasta alla Norma

Pasta alla Norma
CoursePrimo (Italian pasta course)
Place of originItaly
Region or stateSicily
Main ingredientsPasta, tomato sauce, eggplant, ricotta salata, olive oil, garlic, basil, salt

Pasta alla Norma (Italian: [ˈpasta alla ˈnɔrma]), earlier called pasta con le melanzane (lit. 'pasta with eggplant'),[1][2] is a pasta dish of eggplant. It is typical of Sicilian cuisine,[3] from Catania in particular.[4]

It is made of spaghetti or other pasta with tomato sauce, covered with slices of fried eggplant and served with grated ricotta salata cheese[4] and often basil.[5][6]

It was named in honor of the native of Catania Vincenzo Bellini, the composer of the opera Norma.[4][2] It is said that the Italian writer Nino Martoglio exclaimed "This is a real 'Norma'!", meaning a masterpiece, when he tasted the dish,[6][7] though the name is not attested until decades after his death.[8]

Pasta alla Norma was named "dish of the year" by the BIT [it] Tourism Award in 2018.[6]

See also

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References

  1. ^ Touring Club Italiano, Vie d'Italia e del mondo, 1928?, p. 750
  2. ^ a b Gioacchino Balducci, Italia moderna, 1973, ISBN 0030912245, p. 109
  3. ^ Gillian Riley (1 November 2007). The Oxford Companion to Italian Food. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 401–. ISBN 978-0-19-860617-8.
  4. ^ a b c Massimo Alberini, Giorgio Mistretta, Guida all'Italia gastronomica, Touring Club Italiano, 1984, p. 337
  5. ^ "Pasta alla Norma, Its History and the Secrets of How to Make It". La Cucina Italiana. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Ricetta pasta alla norma, la 'siciliana' più amata dagli italiani", Messina Today, 6 July 2019
  7. ^ "La vera pasta a la Norma siciliana. Origini, varianti e trucchi della ricetta". Luciano Pignataro Wine&Food Blog. 15 July 2018.
  8. ^ Google Books search
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