Gramigna Pasta with Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Sauce

Funny story - I'm out of salt.  How do you cook pasta without salt?  Add salty ingredients!   Capers, olives, anchovies, parmigiano... these items are inherently salty.  What have I got?  Capers and olives - I'll have to make due with that.  I've also got an eggplant, fennel bulb, a can of crushed tomato and an onion.  I actually have some fresh herbs as well and some leftover bread crumbs.   I hate sauteing eggplant - I find it gets oily and gummy.  I prefer to roast it off in cubes and add it to a sauce.  So that's my plan.  I'll soften the onion and fennel in oil, add my salty ingredients, add my tomaters, roasted eggplant and top with my bread crumbs and herbs.  EXCELLENT!  I made due with another dinner... BUT I SWEAR, I'm going to Costco ASAP.  Oh yeah - Gramigna - what the heck is that?  It's this really cute pasta shape.  I found it at Eataly - made from faro.  I try to stay away from regular white flour pasta.  Gramigna is a bit like elbow macaroni, but better, it has ribs and is longer and has a slight curl to it - the ribs and curl really hold the sauce nicely so that each bite is deliciously balanced with pasta and sauce.  LOVE IT. 

Gramigna Pasta with Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Sauce
1 box Gramingna Faro Pasta
1 can crushed tomato (pref from Italy, doi)
1 clove garlic
1 small onion diced
1 small fennel bulb diced
1 medium eggplant, diced and roasted at 400 until golden (10 mins)
couple spoons of capers + juice
handful of green olives, sliced (or air cured moroccan olives)
sprinkle of parsley and basil
sprinkle of toasted bread crumbs (not from the canister, double doi)

Pasta:
Get your onion and fennel in a medium sauce pan with a glug of oil - saute over medium-high heat for a couple of minutes until they begin to soften and slightly color.  Add your garlic and capers and olives - saute for another minute or two.  Add your tomatoes and roasted eggplant and let simmer for 10-15 minutes on medium-low heat.  While your tomatoes are simmering, get your pasta boiling.  Boil according to the package.  Once the pasta is done - splash a couple of spoons of the pasta water into the sauce to loosen it up a bit.  Drain the pasta and add it to you sauce pan.  Combine all the ingredients - spoon into pasta bowls.  Garnish with herbs and bread crumbs.  EASY PEASY!  ENJOY.