Harissa Aubergine Pasta
Aubergines are the ideal meaty vegetable to accompany pasta. They take on flavour, oil and spice like no other vegetable hence why the smoky harissa in this dish goes hand in hand with the aubergines. If you want to experiment with this dish, try roasting the aubergines whole in the oven until totally soft and collapsed before scooping out the soft flesh into harrisa and simmering away for a few minutes with all the other ingredients.
Method
Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
Peel and chop the aubergine into small chunks and dice the red onion. Heat the olive oil in a large pan, once hot, add the onion and aubergine. Cook on a medium heat for 15 minutes until soft and golden. Meanwhile, chop the garlic.
Step 2
Boil the pasta in salted boiling water as per the instructions on the packet.
Step 3
Once the aubergine is lightly golden, turn down the heat and add the garlic and cook for a further minute. Stir in the tomato puree and harissa paste, continuing to cook on a low heat for 3-4 minutes.
Step 4
Add a ladle of pasta water to the sauce (don't do this is using GF pasta) and bring to a gentle simmer. Drain the pasta and add to the sauce. Toss everything together and season with salt and pepper. Finish with a big squeeze of lemon, some of the zest the torn basil and a scattering of pine nuts and vegan parmesan if you wish.
- Ingredients
- Based on 4 servings
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3 Garlic Cloves, chopped 1x Sainsbury's Garlic -
1 tbsp Tomato Puree 1x Sainsbury's Tomato Puree, Double Concentrate 200g -
2.5 tbsp Rose Harissa Paste 1x Belazu Rose Harissa 170g -
1 Lemon, juice and zest 1x Sainsbury's Lemons -
30g Basil, leaves torn 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Basil 30g -
3 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1x Sainsbury's Olive Oil, Extra Virgin 500ml -
2 Aubergine, cubed 2x Sainsbury's Aubergine -
400g Pasta 1x Sainsbury's Italian Rigatoni Tubes Pasta 500g -
50g Toasted Pine Nuts 1x Sainsbury's Toasted Pine Nuts 100g -
1 Red Onion, diced 1x Sainsbury's Red Onions Loose -
30g Vegan Italian Style Hard Cheese 1x Nurishh Grated Gran Vegiano 150G
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Maldon Salt, to taste 1x Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 250g