3 thoughts on “Penne con Melanzane”

1. I hope you like the other recipes too Adriana

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2. if the recipe that was supposed to make me scream ‘meat is murder’ (once agreed on giving murder a bad connotation) was your penne con melanzane rendition, that failed to hit the mark, not because of the ingredients, I in fact love aubergines, rich in nicotine and with a very peculiar spicy texture, but because all the effort and time spent in cooking could be saved and spent pursuing different objectives..
   just yesterday, what a coincidence, i bought in sainsbury’s a jar of roasted greek aubergines imam, that, once chopped in smaller chunks, spread onto slices of mozzarella, and put in a microwave for about 40 seconds, gives you a very close approximation of your recipe..
   just to be sure i was’n fooling myself with the final result, ive just had it as an afternoon snack, without the pasta, of course..
   delicious.. ..and within a very reasonable price range (£2.26 a jar)
   of course if i had to cook for more than 2 people, your method would be considered, but to indulge myself in a fast treat, i consider my procedure easier..
   going back to the murderous recipe, i was expecting something on the lines of the ortolan, blinded songbirds fattened up to 4 times their size in a dark cage, then drowned in a snifter of armagnac, plucked, then roasted for about 6 minutes…
   such a delicacy that they must be eaten whole, biting off the head, with the diner’s own head covered by a napkin, not to be disturbed during such a feat…
   unluckily the practice has been banned in the past 3 years in france, and it would be very expensive to get hold of one in the near future..
   good for me, as you know, i am off to vietnam in less than a month, and there, next to dogs, rats and snakes, i will be able to taste drunken prawns, drowned in rice wine..
   maybe not the peak of gastronomy, as ortolans are reputed to be, but still some new flavours to add to my library..
   after all even Darwin himself wanted to taste every single animal he was coming in contact with.
   (comment posted on jan 2012)

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3. Yum. Going to make this tonight

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