Cartopy aliasing - cartopy

I have the following issue:
When I transform from one map projection to another using Cartopy, the output picture displays a quite ugly aliasing with "steps" larger than one pixel. I attach the input and output pictures as example.
Input - PlateCarree:
Output - Transformed:
Could anyone explain me why that happens? Is it possible to correct it?

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