Fregola with vegetables a first course that is tasty and easy to make, also great when eaten cold in summer. The fregola with vegetables is also light; I cooked the vegetables in an air fryer, but you can bake them in the oven instead. Sardinian fregola is a typical pasta from Sardinia made with durum wheat semolina and water, also called Fregula, and it comes in various sizes depending on the area of portion and type of seasoning. The cooking time for vegetables in the air fryer may vary depending on the type of air fryer you use; this is the AIR FRYER I use. I recommend checking out 50 AIR FRYER RECIPES and all recipes with air fryer; you will surely find other tasty dishes to try. Now let’s see how to make fregola with vegetables, and let me know if you try it. Barbara
I also recommend trying these recipes with fregola:
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Stovetop, Air Frying, Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients
- 10.5 oz fregola
- 1 zucchini
- 3.5 oz cherry tomatoes
- 1 Tropea red onion
- to taste extra virgin olive oil
- to taste salt
Tools
- Paper baking trays for air fryer
- Oil Sprayer
- Air Fryer
How to make fregola with vegetables
Let’s start preparing the fregola with vegetables, wash the zucchini and cherry tomatoes, clean the Tropea onion.
Place a tray in the air fryer’s basket. Trim the zucchini, slice them into rounds, and place them in the tray, cut the cherry tomatoes in half lengthwise and add them to the tray, slice the Tropea onion and add it to the other vegetables. Once the vegetables are in the tray, add a few sprays of extra virgin oil, a pinch of salt, and mix well.
Cook at 375F for 12 minutes; the vegetables should be cooked but the zucchini and onion should remain crunchy. Once cooked, set them aside.
After washing and cutting the vegetables as explained above, place them on a tray suitable for baking, add salt and extra virgin oil, and bake at 355F for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally for even cooking.
Cook the fregola in slightly salted boiling water, following the cooking time indicated on the package, and once cooked, drain it.
Pour the vegetables into a pan along with the cooking juices from the vegetables, add the fregola, adjust for salt and oil, and let it thicken for a few minutes; if you like, add some grated cheese.
How to store fregola with vegetables
Keep it in the refrigerator for 2 days
