Pasta alla Norma - Pasta with Eggplants

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Pasta alla Norma... another Sicilian signature dish. Pasta, eggplants and cheese! This dish was created in 1831 by a chef in Catania, Sicily, in honor of the composer Vincenzo Bellini whose premier of his opera "La Norma" at La Scala in Milan was a complete fiasco. So, to make Bellini feel better after his return home in Sicily, the chef created this dish and this gave Bellini the will to continue to compose and become of of the greatest Italian composers.

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