Summer Sicilian Shells
By: raichement
Published: Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 8:11am

Ingredients




3 cups cooked pasta shells (I used Whole Foods Tomato& Spinach 
4 bunchs broccolini, just the florets
3/4 cup eggplant, diced
1/4 cup fresh mozzarella, diced
4 tablespoons goat cheese
3 large cloves garlic, finely chopped
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
4 leafs of fresh basil
good pinch of salt

Preparation

1 First, for cooking the pasta shells, make sure you salt the water! 2 Preheat oven to 350ºF. 3 Heat olive oil in a medium sized pan on medium-high heat. Add the eggplant and a good pinch of salt.
 4 After the eggplant has browned slightly (3-4 minutes), add the broccolini. After 2 minutes, add the garlic and cook another 2 minutes.  5 Take the pan off the heat and add the pasta. Gently stir, and then add the mozzarella and goat cheese over the top.
 6 Break basil leaves over the top and bake in the oven for about 7 minutes, or until the cheese is just melted.