Pasta alla Norma
Sicilian pasta with fried aubergine and salted ricotta.
About Pasta alla Norma
Pasta is tossed with a rich tomato sauce, golden cubes of fried aubergine and torn basil, then showered with grated ricotta salata. Named, it is said, after Bellini opera, it is the great pasta of Catania.
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