Momosita's Sweet Sausage And Eggplant Penne

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 16 ounces penne
• 2 eggplants, diced
• garlic powder
• sea salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium sweet onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, sliced fine
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
• 2 cups fresh tomatoes, chopped or 2 (15 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, drained
• 12 ounces fully cooked sweet italian chicken sausage, sliced
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced basil leaves (optional)
• 8 ounces fresh buffalo mozzarella, diced

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400.
• 2 add diced eggplant to a baking sheet and sprinkle with garlic powder, sea salt and about 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
• 3 bake at 400 for 20 minutes.
• 4 while eggplant is roasting, prepare sauce.
• 5 add 1 tablespoon of oil to a large pan and heat over medium. add onion and cook until translucent.
• 6 add garlic and saute for 2 minutes more.
• 7 add tomatoes, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp sugar, 1 tsp soy sauce and 1/4 tsp coriander. simmer for a minute or two and add the diced sausage.
• 8 while the sauce simmers, prepare penne according to box directions (usually boil 9-12 minutes).
• 9 when pasta is just about done, add milk and basil to the pan and simmer until flavors meld.
• 10 drain pasta and add it back to the pan along with the eggplant, diced mozzarella and sauce. mix and serve.