Pasta with Zucchini and Ricotta
Pasta with Zucchini and Ricotta

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Pasta with Zucchini and Ricotta is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Pasta with Zucchini and Ricotta is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to 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. Make ready 6 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  3. Prepare 3 Medium Zucchini
  4. Take Salt
  5. Prepare Ground Black Pepper
  6. Take 1 Pound Dry Pasta
  7. Prepare 2 Cups Fresh Basil Leaves
  8. Make ready 2 Large Cloves or Garlic
  9. Get Pinch Crushed Red Pepper
  10. Get 10 Ounces Ricotta
  11. Get Zest of 2 Lemons
  12. Make ready 1 Cup Parmesan Cheese, grated

Then I added the roasted zucchini and onions and topped it all. A creamy pasta dish made with fresh zucchini and creamy ricotta sauce. Our garden here in Michigan is flourishing this year, and the zucchini is just about ready to pick. Garden zucchini is one vegetable that you wait weeks for, but once they are ready, you have more than you can handle.

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.

Our garden here in Michigan is flourishing this year, and the zucchini is just about ready to pick. Garden zucchini is one vegetable that you wait weeks for, but once they are ready, you have more than you can handle. While pasta cooks, warm a serving bowl and put ricotta in it, along with about half the basil. When pasta is tender but not mushy, remove and drain it, reserving about a cup of its cooking Toss with pasta, zucchini, remaining basil and Parmesan, if you are using it, then taste and adjust seasoning. Fresh ricotta is the base for a silky and comforting cheese sauce, and zucchini brings texture, color and flavor that complement the pasta.

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