Pasta all'Ortolana

Pasta all'Ortolana is an Italian dish made by cooking various different vegetables before mixing them together with pasta.

The recipe does not state a specific type of pasta, so it can be made with fusilli, fettuccine, penne, rigatoni, farfalle or any other type of short pasta. The vegetables used in the process are generally carrots, onions, leeks, garlic, zucchini, celery, yellow and red capsicum, cherry tomatoes and eggplants.

Variations
This Italian dish can have many different variation, as the base concept is to create the sauce by using different fresh vegetables, before mixing it with pasta (just like with the type of pasta, there is no strict specification regarding the type of vegetables used for the Ortolana): some might replace the leek with onion, as well as adding more tomatoes to create a substantial sauce, while others might consider adding black olives to the mix, together with diced smoked cheese.