Ingredients

  • 200g pasta shells, (conchiglie, penne, or macaroni)
  • Olive oil
  • 4 cloves of garlic, crushed
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 large aubergine, diced
  • 12 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 2 teaspoons capers, rinsed
  • 12 basil leaves, torn into small pieces
  • 1 lemon, zest
  • 55g melted Kerrygold Pure Irish Salted Butter Kerrygold Pure Irish Salted Butter
  • 100g whole almonds, roughly chopped
  • 100g panko breadcrumbs
  • 90g cheddar cheese, finely grated
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Pre-heat your oven 200C
  2. Place a saucepan of water over a high heat and bring to the boil, season with sea salt. When the water is boiling, reduce to simmer and stir in the pasta shells. After 5 minutes, when the pasta is still al dente, remove from the heat and drain the pasta.
  3. Place a skillet or frying pan over a medium heat, add a tablespoon of olive oil, follow by adding the garlic and onions and cook for 3 minutes. Then add the aubergine and cook for a further 3 minutes.
  4. Stir in the tomatoes, capers and pasta and mix until all the ingredients have combined in the pan.
  5. Mix together the finely grated cheddar, chopped almonds, melted butter and breadcrumbs and sprinkle over the top of the pasta until it’s completely covered.
  6. Put the pasta into the oven for about 15 minutes or until the top is bubbling and crispy.

explore our

Similar Recipes

Desserts

CRANBERRY & CHOCOLATE HOT CROSS BUNS

Soak the cranberries in juice of orange and warm the milk a little....

Serves Makes 12 Buns
Baking with Kids

Halloween Meatball Mummies

Shane Smith's Meatball Mummies recipe makes 8. Preheat the oven to...

Baking

Apple & Hazelnut Streusel

This winter warmer is scrumptious with custard, clotted cream or crème fraîche...

Serves 8

Egg in the hole bagel

Preheat the oven to 180c fan....

Baking

Blueberry Muffins

The classic muffin. Breakfast fit for a king or a well-deserved treat at the end...

Serves 12 - 14 Muffins
At home with Kerrygold

pan fried sea bream

Start the sauce first. Add you wine, shallots, bay leaf and thyme in...

Starters

STUFFED BREAD WITH IRISH CHEDDAR

Everyone loves bread. Try adding some of our delicious Irish cheddar cheese to m...

Serves 4 - 6
see more
Kerrygold is no longer available in Australia, so this website has now closed. Thank you for being part of our story. To learn more about Kerrygold worldwide, please visit kerrygold.com.