Pasta with zucchini cream and tomatoes, a quick, fresh and tasty first course, ideal for the spring and summer period. The pasta with cream of zucchini is prepared in 30 minutes. Great to eat cold or hot — with just a few ingredients like zucchini, basil, tomatoes and Parmesan we make a wonderful dish to enjoy in many ways and to serve on different occasions. We can include it in a menu for an outdoor lunch.
But now let’s go to the kitchen and I’ll show you how to prepare Pasta with zucchini cream and tomatoes
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very inexpensive
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Cooking time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer and Fall
Ingredients
LET’S SEE WHAT WE NEED TO PREPARE
- 7 oz pasta
- 1 zucchini
- 9 oz cherry tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
- 1 clove garlic
- basil
- salt
- extra virgin olive oil
- oregano
Tools
- 1 Frying pan
- 1 Pot
- 1 Immersion blender
Steps
Let’s start preparing
Let’s start preparing Pasta with zucchini cream and tomatoes; the first thing to do is take the zucchini, wash them, trim the ends and cut them into small pieces, then set them aside.
Meanwhile put the pasta to cook in plenty of salted water.
Sauté the garlic clove in a pan with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
Add the zucchini we had set aside into the pan and stir.
Season with salt and cook for 5-10 minutes.
When the zucchini in the pan are cooked, put them in the blender cup and add the Parmesan.
Blend until you obtain a cream.Now, in the same pan used for the zucchini, cook the cherry tomatoes cut into pieces, season with oregano and cook for a few minutes. Drain the pasta al dente directly into the pan with the tomatoes and add the zucchini cream.
Toss it for a few minutes and if needed add a little pasta cooking water.
Here is our dish ready to serve.
Enjoy your meal!!
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