Pasta with Eggplant Sauce

Easy but exotic

1 or 2 eggplant(s)
Salt for salting eggplant
Lots of cooking Olive oil
1 recipe worth of Lonely Guy Sauce
1 pound pasta

If you have not already made Lonely Guy Sauce, do it now.

Slice eggplant lengthwise into 1½" slices. Salt well and stand in colander of sink for ½ hour. Rinse well and dry on paper towels.

Put water on to boil for pasta. Add oil to skillet and sauté eggplant all on sides until well browned (even blackened). Don’t crowd the pan, so this may take several batches. Drain on paper towels.

When cool enough to handle, cut eggplant slices into 1 1’2" cubes and add to fully cooked warm sauce.

When pasta is done drain, return to pan, pour sauce over pasta. blend and serve.

I don’t like parmesan with this recipe.

2-4 servings

45 minutes

You could add red pepper flakes. You could add Anchovy paste.