Pasta alla Norma, a Siclian recipe from Gourmetpedia

Ingredients

• - 3 nice eggplants
• - coarse salt
• - flour
• - olive oil for frying
• - 700 g (1 1/2 lb.) tomatoes
• - 1 onion, finely chopped
• - 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• - salt and pepper
• - a pinch of sugar
• - 2 tbsp. olive oil
• - 450-500 g (1 lb.) long pasta
• - 6-10 basil leaves
• - 200 g (7 oz.) crumbled ricotta salata (salted ricotta)