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Dry pasta (suitable to be stored for a long time and to be be transported to faraway places) was born in the weastern sunny and ventilated Sicily, under Arabic domination. In Arabic cookbooks pasta appeared already in the IX century

I chose the ancient Sicilian whole-wheat pasta of Timilia variety, since this is a durum wheat variety typical of the center of Sicily, on the verge of extinction. It represents the Mediterranean and Sicilian biodiversity and it's the fruit of millenary natural selections. In addition, studies carried out on ancient wheat show a lower allergenicity compared to modern wheat.

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After having added pasta cooked al dente to the condiment, put ricotta ...

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... and mix well

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Boil some water in a pan and then put salt and pasta inside for 8-10 minutes until al dente (remember that I used whole-wheat pasta which needs more time to cook than white pasta!)

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While pasta is cooking, add tomatoes (before cut) to the aubergines and mix it gently

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Plate it and ... buon appetito!

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Heat up plenty of oil in a pan, then add a garlic clove and salt, and fry aubergines in the oil after having cut them in cubes

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The ingredients (all natural and Italian!)

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The ingredients (all natural and Italian!)

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Pasta (I chose an ancient Sicilian whole-wheat pasta, Timilia variety)

Aubergines (I chose the Nera mezza lunga variety)

Tomatoes (I used the Piccadilly variety)

Smoked goat's ricotta (I should have used salted sheep's ricotta, but I didn't find it, so I had to adapt, hope Sicilians will forgive me!)

Garlic

Extra-vergin olive oil (I fortunately had my own production oil so I used it!)

Salt (I prefer the whole fine ground sea salt)

Basil (that unfortunately I couldn't find, but it's a fundamental ingredient to give freshness to this dish!)

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The eggplant was introduced to the Mediterranean Basin by Arabs in the XIII century

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The tomato is native to South America. It was introduced to Europe only in 1500 and spread in Italy between 1700 and 1800. Although it is considered a cornerstone in the Italian agriculture, especially that one of the south, it was introduced just a few centuries ago