Main courses
Pasta alla Norma with aubergine
This uses the pecorino option allowed in the earlier recipe. Cook the named penne for 11 minutes;9-minute al dente, rigatoni, other cheeses or chilled pasta require separate estimates. All four nutrition values are withheld because the cheese polyol content is unverified.
Servings in this printout: 4
Ingredients
- 350 g De Cecco Penne Mezzane Lisce n.140 pasta, dry
- 400 g aubergine
- 400 g crushed tomatoes
- 6 g fresh peeled garlic
- 40.5 g olive oil
- 20 g fresh basil
- 50 g Auricchio Pecorino Romano DOP cheese
- 5 g salt
- 0.5 g ground black pepper
Method
- Dice 400 g aubergine, sprinkle with part of the measured salt, stand 15 minutes and pat dry.
- Fry the aubergine in batches in the listed olive oil until golden; set aside. Use all listed oil.
- Soften the garlic in the pan. Add crushed tomatoes, the remaining salt and pepper; simmer 15 minutes.
- Boil 350 g dry pasta in salted water for 11 minutes. Reserve 100 ml cooking water, then drain.
- Combine pasta, sauce and aubergine, adding cooking water as needed. Finish with basil and 50 g grated pecorino. Divide all food and sauce into four servings and serve immediately hot.
Nutrition per serving
Nutrition values have not been calculated for this recipe.
- Modeled GL estimate
- about 30 / serving
high GL
Confidence · Low Some values or assumptions in the calculation are uncertain.
The estimate combines ingredient carbohydrate and GI data with modeled assumptions. The calculation also uses comparison values from similar foods or food groups. Small amounts of carbohydrate were left out of the calculation.
Estimate details and sources ↗
How was the estimate calculated?
The serving’s GL is calculated from ingredient data. Confidence describes the evidence behind the calculation. Your blood sugar response may vary.
- De Cecco Penne Mezzane Lisce n.140 pasta, dry · Comparison value
- aubergine · Value used in the model
- crushed tomatoes · Value used in the model
- fresh peeled garlic · Value used in the model
- fresh basil · Value used in the model
Documented small portions are omitted from this calculation. Their combined amount or documented upper bound is shown separately. This is a modeled ingredient estimate, not a measured meal response. Biological uncertainty has not been quantified.
Small portions omitted: 0.1 g available carbohydrate per serving.
Research sources and technical details
Source names and technical notes appear in their original form.
- De Cecco Penne Mezzane Lisce n.140 pasta, dry ·
ehold-penne47 · ehold-fineli-117 - aubergine ·
ehold-vegetable-imputation40 · ehold-fineli-362 - crushed tomatoes ·
ehold-vegetable-imputation40 · ehold-fineli-398 - fresh peeled garlic ·
ehold-vegetable-imputation40 · ehold-fineli-393 - fresh basil ·
ehold-vegetable-imputation40 · ehold-fineli-11134
Carbohydrate data sources
- MAKARONI, PASTA · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- MUNAKOISO · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- TOMAATTIMURSKA · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- VALKOSIPULI · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- OLIIVIÖLJY · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- BASILIKA, TUORE · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
GI and calculation sources
- Human comparator: De Cecco penne mezzane durum wheat · Named published glucose-scale point; no additional scale conversion. Generic raw composition is a separate proxy, not the exact branded label. Alternative products/preparations, not confidence bounds. (Low)ANALOG · HUMAN_GI · FOOD_ANALOGUE
- PROJECT PI, not measured food GI: Published assignment for low-carbohydrate vegetables, not measured food GI · Coding estimate only. Application to named fresh herbs, sprouts and alliums is an explicit project interpretation. It does not establish a physiological maximum or a one-unit uncertainty bound. Not a default for seed spices, flour, sauces or stock. (Low)CALCULATION_POLICY · PUBLISHED_IMPUTATION · PUBLISHED_IMPUTATION
Notes
The estimate applies only to these quantities and preparation. Other sides or preparation variants differ.