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Old February 19, 2006   #3
Raymondo
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Default Raymondo's pasta sauce

This is a recipe for a delicious pasta sauce.
1 lage eggplant cubed
1 medium onion finely chopped
Garlic, as much as you want, minced
1 handfull of pinenuts
1 handfull of peas, either fresh-shelled or frozen
Several tomatoes chopped
1 tblspn tomato paste or a handfull dried tomatoes soaked in a little boiling water
1 (or more) fresh chilli finely chopped
juice of one lemon (optional)
Good oil for cooking (I use a good evoo for this)
1 tblspn sugar (optional)
Salt to taste

Roast the pinenuts till golden and set aside.
Add some oil to a heavy pan and fry eggplant till golden and cooked through. Set aside to drain of oil. If needed, add little more oil to pan, add onions and garlic and fry till they just start to turn. Add the chilli and cook briefly to release the oils. Add the sugar, tomatoes and tomato paste/dried tomatoes and cook for 5 to 10 mins. Add the peas and cook till almost done. If using frozen peas, add them later. Add eggplant and cook till eggplant starts to disintegrate. Add whatever amount of salt you like to bring out the flavours and the lemon juice. Cook for a minute or two longer, add pinenuts, mix well, then spoon over your perfectly cooked pasta.

Enjoy!
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