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Macaroni with Rocket Leaves
The Ligurian cousine presents their pasta imaginative and with inspiration. Rocket has been known from the Roman times and is a favourite in the modern Italian cuisine. Rocket grows wild and its young leaves are a favourite as a salad in the whole Mediterranean region. Why not try a new recipe?
| Preparation time | 35 min |
|---|---|
| Demanding |  |
| Energetic value | 394 kcal / 1647 kJ |
| Table of nutritive values | |
Ingredients
 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 350 g | pasta, “penne” type |
| 2-3 | garlic cloves, crushed |
| 120 g | rocket leaves, coarsely chopped |
| 300 g | eggplant |
| 30 g | pine nuts |
| 50 g | black olives, chopped |
| salt | |
| pepper | |
| 20 g | butter |
| 3 tablespoons | olive oil |
| 50 g | grated Parmesan cheese |
| 1 teaspoon | Vegeta Gourmet Stock Powder |
Preparation
- Cook pasta in salted water “al dente”, which means that they should not be overcooked.
- Drain pasta and keep half a cup of the liquid they had been cooked in.
- Peel the eggplants, sprinkle with salt and leave aside to rest shortly. Drain them on paper towels. Cut them into small cubes.
- Fry the eggplant in preheated butter in a larger saucepan.
- Add garlic, pepper, olives and Vegeta Gourmet Stock Powder.
- Separately, fry the pine nuts, for a short time only.
- Add to eggplant: cooked pasta, olive oil, half of the pine nuts and add half a cup of the saved liquid.
- Cook shortly and when almost done, add coarsley chopped rocket leaves, parmesan cheese and mix well.
Serving
Serve hot after having sprinkled with the remaining pine nuts.
Tip
To make it even better, you can add to this meal finely chopped prawns.
Little secret
Add the rocket leaves just before end of cooking, to keep the freshness and colour.
Nutritional information
Energetic and nutritional values are calculated per serve.
| Nutrient | Unit of measurement | Quantity | RDA (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women* | Men* | |||
| Total proteins | g | 12,87 | - | - |
| Total carbohydrates | g | 34,12 | - | - |
| Total fat | g | 23,94 | - | - |
| Diet fibres | g | 5,13 | - | - |
| Cholesterol | mg | 20,78 | - | - |
| Vitamin A | IU | 1557,02 | 39 | 31 |
| Niacin | mg | 5,03 | 36 | 25 |
| Vitamin C | mg | 9,43 | 13 | 10 |
| Vitamin D | IU | 6,30 | 3 | 3 |
| Calcium | mg | 233,97 | 23 | 23 |
| Phosphor | mg | 222,71 | 28 | 28 |
| Potassium | mg | 391,65 | 11 | 11 |
| Sodium | g | 1,17 | 0 | 0 |
* RDA is based on daily intake for women of 2000 kcal, for men 2900 kcal, from 25 to 50 years of age. (Data source: DRI reports - Macronutrients, Elements, Vitamins, www.nap.edu; Genesis R&D and Podravka d.d.)
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