ITALIAN FOOD RECIPE maccheroni alla NormaFor maccheroni alla Norma, Italian traditional recipe of Catania in Sicily, the fresh homemade macaroni are the excellence, but obviously you can make it also with the dried macaroni. BASIC INGREDIENTS | MACARONI AND EGGPLANTS | typology | TRADITIONAL FROM CATANIA, SICILY | Conservation | POSSIBLE | season | ALL | difficulties | LOW |
suggested wine: dry red ingredients for 2 persons | FRESH MACARONI | oz 7 | 200 GRAMS | EGGPLANTS | oz 7 | 200 GRAMS | TOMATO PULP | oz 8+3/4 | 250 GRAMS | FLOUR | oz 1 | 20 GRAMS | PAPRIKA OIL | 2 TABLESPOONS | 2 TABLESPOONS | OLIVE OIL | 8 TABLESPOONS | 8 TABLESPOONS | OREGANO | 1 BRANCH | 1 BRANCH | ONION | HALF | HALF | GARLIC | 1 CLOVE | 1 CLOVE | SALTED RICOTTA | oz 1 | 20 GRAMS |
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Notes to the recipe: as for the most famous recipes there are many tales about the origin of the name maccheroni alla Norma. Somebody say that their name is due to the fact that this dish was dedicated to the Norma of Bellini. Other people say that an officer of the new kingdom of Italy, end of the 19th century, ate this dish in Sicily for the first time and he found it "fuori dalla norma", that we could translate with "out of the normal standard" ," awesome". We can say that this dish is really excellent, specially if made with homemade macaroni!
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