TAGLIATELLE WITH CLAM AND EGGPLANT

Level: medium
Time: 40 minutes

 Ingredients for 4 persons:

 * 500 gr. tagliatelle
* 200 gr. clam
* 1 eggplant, 3 tomatoes
* 1 pc. of garlic, some parsley and    some basil
* olive oil
* salt and pepper

 How to prepare:

 Cut the eggplant im small dice, sprinkle with salt and let them rest for about 30 minutes. Hereafter rinse them with water and dry them on a cloth or kitchen paper.
Put the tomatoes in boiling water for about 3 minutes, after this cool them in cold water and peel them.
Cut the tomatoes in small pieces and  mix them with a few spoons of olive oil, salt and chopped basil. 
Fry the eggplant until golden brown and put them on kitchen paper to absorb the oil. Heat a pan with some olive oil, the garlic and half the parsley (chopped) and add the clam and cook a few minutes over high flame.
Add the eggplant and the tomato and cook another 2 to 3 minutes. 
Add pepper and more salt if needed. 
Boil the tagliatelle and add to the vegetables and clam , together with 2 tbl. spoons of  the water you used to boil the tagliatelle. Heat everything together for 2 or 3 minutes, mixing well!
Serve with the rest of the parley.

 Buon appetito!!





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