Pasta with zucchini and speck baked, a tasty and savory main dish. The recipe I want to tell you about today features my beloved zucchini, which are one of the main ingredients of a very delicious and delightful Baked Pasta. A classic for Sunday lunches, festive days, and picnics is Baked Pasta, in many different and always special versions. The one I want to tell you about today is a white Baked Pasta with zucchini to which I added flavorful speck and diced scamorza cheese. Oven gratin made it truly irresistible. I recommend you don’t miss the recipe for my very quick Baked Pasta and the recipe for Stuffed curly lasagna rolls. If you like zucchini, but even if you don’t love them too much, this is a recipe not to be missed. Let’s hurry to the kitchen and prepare together an irresistible Baked Pasta with zucchini and béchamel
AND DON’T MISS THESE RECIPES TOO:
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4 People
- Cooking methods: Oven, Stove
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer
- Energy 428.97 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 37.60 (g) of which sugars 2.46 (g)
- Proteins 24.06 (g)
- Fat 20.35 (g) of which saturated 5.47 (g)of which unsaturated 4.30 (g)
- Fibers 2.81 (g)
- Sodium 698.44 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 225 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for the Baked Pasta with Zucchini
- 12.7 oz pasta (the format you prefer)
- 14.1 oz zucchini
- 3.5 oz speck
- 1 cup béchamel
- 7.1 oz scamorza cheese
- 0.2 cup grated parmesan
- to taste extra virgin olive oil
- to taste salt
- 1 clove garlic
How to prepare Baked Pasta with zucchini and speck
Wash the zucchini. Trim the ends and cut them into thin slices. Pour 2-3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil into a pan. Add a clove of garlic and the zucchini, season with salt. Cook the zucchini over medium heat for 7-8 minutes, stirring them often with a wooden spoon. Remove the garlic clove at the end of cooking.
While the zucchini are cooking, also cook the pasta, in the format you prefer, in plenty of salted water. Prepare the béchamel following my béchamel recipe, or for convenience, you can use the ready-made one.
Drain the pasta al dente. Put it in a bowl and season it with béchamel, zucchini, speck, and scamorza cheese in small pieces. Mix with 2 tablespoons.
Transfer the pasta to a baking dish and top it with plenty of grated parmesan. Cook the Pasta with zucchini in the preheated oven at 374°F (190°C) for 16-18 minutes. At the end of cooking, set the oven to grill for an irresistible gratin.
See you tomorrow with a new recipe, hugs, Loredana
Loredana’s Tips
If there is leftover baked pasta, store it in a container in the fridge, or you can also freeze it. You will just need to reheat it for a few minutes in the oven or microwave
Don’t miss the recipe for Semolina Gnocchi or Roman-Style Gnocchi
Your Questions
What can I substitute speck with?
With cooked ham or roasted chicken
