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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Using a sharp knife, cut sausage diagonally into 1" wide pieces. In large skillet heat oil over medium heat. Add sausage and cook for 8 minutes or until browned, stirring frequently. | 2. While sausage browns, cut eggplant into 1/2" cubes. Add eggplant, onon and garlic to sausage in skillet; cook 5 minutes longer until eggplant is tender; stirring frequently. Stir in paprika; cook 1 minute longer. | 3. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, basil and 1 tsp salt to eggplant mixture; bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low, partially cover pot and simmer 35 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. | 4. Preheat oven to 350. In large saucepan, cook pasta according to package. Drain; stir into sauce. | 5. Spread half of the epplant-pasta mixture in a shallow 2 1/2 qt baking dish. Top mixture with ricotta cheese, spreading the cheese evenly. Sprinkle with half the mozzarella cheese. Top with remaining eggplant-pasta mixture; sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese. Bake on center rack for 40 minutes or until heated through. Remove from oven; let stand 10 minutes before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
italian sausage	2	lb	sweet	3138.8629	5.8967	129.274	284.2213
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
eggplant	1			-	-	-	-
spanish onion	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
paprika	2	teaspoons		12.972000000000001	2.4835	0.6504	0.5929
tomato	28	ounces	crushed	182.5707	40.4831	9.5254	1.5876
tomato paste	6	ounces		139.4795	32.1653	7.3482	0.7995
basil leaf	1	tablespoon	chopped	-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
penne pasta	1	lb		1691.7638	340.496	59.4625	6.8856
ricotta cheese	15	ounces		739.9218	12.9274	47.8823	55.1965
mozzarella cheese	16	ounces	shredded	1469.6377	123.4677	61.5071	81.0569

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.