Pasta Bake with Eggplant, Tomatoes, Almonds & Cheddar Crumbs Recipe

Ingredients

• 200g pasta shells
• Olive oil
• 4 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 large eggplant, diced
• 12 cherry tomatoes, halved
• 2 tsp capers, rinsed
• 12 basil leaves, torn into small pieces
• 1 lemon, zest
• 60g Kerrygold Original Irish Butter, melted
• 100g whole almonds, roughly chopped
• 100g panko breadcrumbs
• 85g Dubliner Cheddar, finely grated
• Sea salt & Freshly ground pepper