Bucatini With Eggplant (Aubergine) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 small eggplants, unpeeled, and cut into small strips
salt & freshly ground black pepper
12 plum tomatoes, diced
1/4 cup gaeta olive, pitted and quartered
1/4 cup basil leaves, shredded
1 lb bucatini pasta
1/3 cup breadcrumbs

Preparation

Heat oil in heavy saute pan over medium heat. Stir in onion. Cook until softening and add garlic. When onion begins to turn golden, stir in eggplant and cook for five minutes, stirring. Season with salt and pepper.
Add tomatoes, olives and basil and simmer over medium heat until tomatoes soften.
Cook bucatini in rapidly boiling, salted water until al dente, about 8 minutes. Drain well in colander.
Put pasta in serving bowl. Add the eggplant mixture. Toss and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.