Pasta with zucchini cream, a very creamy and flavorful first course that quickly solves a lunch or dinner. Pasta with zucchini cream is a dish we can bring to the table on any occasion and in any menu; it is prepared with a few inexpensive ingredients that can be varied and personalized in many ways. A very quick recipe to prepare in just a few minutes and, above all, without heavy cream — I used fresh cheese. And if you want you can make it even more flavorful by adding other ingredients such as Speck, Pancetta or Shrimp….
But now let’s go to the kitchen and I’ll show you how to prepare Pasta with zucchini cream,
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very inexpensive
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Cooking time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer
- Energy 446.86 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 51.32 (g) of which sugars 2.40 (g)
- Proteins 19.95 (g)
- Fat 18.29 (g) of which saturated 7.48 (g)of which unsaturated 4.39 (g)
- Fibers 3.94 (g)
- Sodium 1,889.29 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 200 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
LET’S SEE TOGETHER WHAT WE NEED TO PREPARE
- 11 oz pasta
- 2 zucchini
- 3.5 oz fresh cheese (robiola, certosino, ricotta or cream (about 3.5 oz / ~1/3 cup))
- 1 shallot
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt
- pepper
Tools
- 1 Frying pan
- 1 Hand blender
- 1 Large deep saucepan
Steps
Let’s start preparing the
Let’s start preparing pasta with zucchini cream: first, take the zucchini, wash, trim and cut them into small pieces, then set them aside.
Meanwhile, put the pasta to cook in plenty of salted water.Sauté the chopped shallot in a pan with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
Add the zucchini we set aside to the pan and stir.
Season with salt and pepper, cook for 5-10 minutes.
When the zucchini in the pan are cooked, pour them into the blender cup and add the fresh cheese.
Blend until you obtain a cream.
Return the zucchini cream to the pan.Drain the pasta al dente directly into the pan with the sauce.
Toss for a few minutes and, if needed, add a little of the pasta cooking water.
Serve the Pasta with zucchini cream hot.Enjoy your meal!
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