Baked Pasta Puglia Style

Step 1: In a pan with olive oil, place onion, basil, tomatoes, salt and cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes.

Step 2: Mean while shred the sausage, chopped the mortadella and set aside.

Step 3: Mix the ground meat with bread soaked in milk, sausage and a pinch of salt and make some small meatballs.

Step 4: Cut eggplant into strips and fry in a pan with olive oil.

Step 5: Cut the mozzarella into pieces.

Step 6: Cook the rigatoni in salted water, al dente and strain.

Step 7: In a greased baking dish put a layer of rigatoni and cover with half of all ingredients including meatballs, add a second layer with the remaining rigatoni and finish the rest of the ingredients.

Step 8: Bake at 200 degrees for twenty minutes.