These Fusilli with Fried Zucchini are truly delicious, very tasty, and easy to prepare. To create an excellent dish, just follow a few simple tips and with a few ingredients, you’ll impress your diners.
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Inexpensive
- Preparation time: 40 Minutes
- Portions: 2 People
- Cooking methods: Stove
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer
Ingredients
- 160 g fusilli
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt (for the pasta water)
- 350 g zucchini
- 7/8 cup seed oil (for frying)
- 7/8 cup olive oil (for frying)
- to taste fine salt (to season the zucchini)
- to taste black pepper (to season the zucchini)
- to taste olive oil (for sautéing the zucchini)
- 60 g grated Parmesan
Steps
Wash the zucchini and slice them with a mandoline or a knife into fairly thin slices.
In a skillet or slightly deep pot, put the olive oil and seed oil. Heat it to about 300-320°F; the oil should not be too hot, or you risk burning the zucchini. Now add the sliced zucchini a little at a time and let them cook for about 5 minutes until they are nicely golden, turning them occasionally. If you see the oil getting too hot, remove the pot from the heat for a few seconds.
As they cook, place the zucchini on a plate covered with kitchen paper.
After frying all the zucchini, pat the slices with kitchen paper to remove excess oil.
In a pot, bring plenty of water to a boil, add the coarse salt, and throw in the pasta.
Put a little olive oil in a pan, add the fried zucchini, and sauté them lightly, reviving them with a ladleful of pasta cooking water.
Drain the pasta while it’s still firm and place it directly into the pan with the zucchini.
Add some pasta cooking water and toss it to finish cooking.
Turn off the heat, add the Parmesan, and mix until fully absorbed. If it seems dry, add a bit more cooking water.
Season with a bit of pepper and serve hot.
Tips and Advice
For this recipe, I used half seed oil and half olive oil, but to make the zucchini even more flavorful, I recommend using all olive oil. The taste will be much more pronounced.
If you see the oil getting too hot, remove the pot from the heat for a few seconds.
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