>> hello. >> welcome. we can come this way. >> okay. >> roberta's chef is making pasta alla norma, a sicilian favorite made with eggplant. it was named after opera "norma" composed by one of catania's famous sons, vincenzo bellini. >> so it is a famous sicilian dish and the recipe is from your family? >> yes. >> it was a dish that usually is eaten in summer. >> okay. >> we put some garlic with the oil, and after that, we put some aubergine, fry it. >> eggplants are a gift left by the arab domination in the 9th century. and in sicilian cooking, they often replace meat because they're cheaper and they grow everywhere. >> and then the tomato. >> yeah, maybe for one hour so it's more dense. >> right. what kind of pasta you using?