Pasta with Zucchini and Bacon: an excellent quick and very tasty first course. The zucchini pasta is a delicious and appetizing dish that takes advantage of a combination of flavors that always works well. To bring this exquisite dish to the table, we must first brown some zucchini cubes with garlic, add the bacon, mix the ingredients to create a perfect seasoning for our whole wheat pasta. We just need to mix everything, and the zucchini pasta is ready to be served.
A perfect dish for any occasion: from the daily lunch to a dinner with friends organized at the last minute.
If you like quick pastas with zucchini, don’t miss the Creamy Zucchini Pasta Zucchini, Tuna, and Lemon Pasta Risotto-style Zucchini Pasta
But now let’s go to the kitchen, and I’ll show you how to prepare Pasta with Zucchini and Bacon
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 3
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Summer, Fall
Ingredients
Let’s see together what we need to prepare
- 5.64 oz whole-wheat penne
- 14.11 oz zucchini
- 3.53 oz smoked bacon
- salt
- pepper
- 1 clove garlic
- extra virgin olive oil
Tools
- 1 Frying Pan
- 1 Pasta Pot
- 1 Ladle
Steps
Let’s start preparing
Let’s start preparing the Pasta with Zucchini, heat a drizzle of oil in a pan and sauté the peeled garlic,
Add the zucchini cut into small cubes, salt, and cook for about 8 minutes, stirring often.
Add the smoked bacon and let everything flavor for 5 minutes on low heat.
Cook the pasta in plenty of salted water.
Drain the pasta al dente and toss it in the pan with the zucchini and bacon.
Plate the zucchini pasta and serve it nice and hot!
And enjoy your meal!!
Tips
The pasta with bacon can be made with all types of pasta, I used whole wheat penne but fusilli, spaghetti…non-whole wheat are also fine.
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