Pasta with Zucchini and Ricotta
Pasta with Zucchini and Ricotta

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, pasta with zucchini and ricotta. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pasta with zucchini and ricotta using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Pasta with Zucchini and Ricotta:
  1. Prepare 1 Onion
  2. Prepare 6 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  3. Get 3 Medium Zucchini
  4. Get Salt
  5. Get Ground Black Pepper
  6. Take 1 Pound Dry Pasta
  7. Prepare 2 Cups Fresh Basil Leaves
  8. Prepare 2 Large Cloves or Garlic
  9. Take Pinch Crushed Red Pepper
  10. Get 10 Ounces Ricotta
  11. Make ready Zest of 2 Lemons
  12. Get 1 Cup Parmesan Cheese, grated
Steps to make Pasta with Zucchini and Ricotta:
  1. Finely dice onion.
  2. Wash, dry and slice zucchini, first lengthwise, then in 1/4-inch slices.
  3. Mince garlic.
  4. Heat 3 tbsps of olive oil in a large pan. Add onions and cook at medium temperature for 5 minutes.
  5. Add zucchini and cook for 10 minutes. Then add crushed red pepper.
  6. Meanwhile heat up water. Add a couple of generous pinches of salt. When water boils, add pasta and cook according to instructions.
  7. In a mini food processor combine garlic, basil, a punch of salt and 3 Tbsps of olive oil until smooth.
  8. Add cooked pasta and 1 cup of pasta water to zucchini. Mix and cook for 1 minute.
  9. Add ricotta, crushed red pepper and lemon zest. Mix well. Turn off heat.
  10. Add basil paste and 1/2 cup of parmesan. Mix well.
  11. Serve on plate and sprinkle more parmesan.

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