Italian
Pasta with Zucchini and Mascarpone
by Davide De Vita · 55.3K subscribers on YouTube
This recipe is ready in the time it takes to cook the pasta. It features zucchini, mascarpone, sun-dried tomatoes, and mint for a creamy and flavorful dish.
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
9 items- Shallot
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- ZucchiniUse one yellow and one green zucchini; partially peel and grate coarsely; keep the skins for cooking with the pasta.
- SaltA pinch
- Black PepperFreshly ground, to taste
- Dried TomatoesUse only a few to not overpower the zucchini flavor.
- MascarponeArtisan mascarpone recommended
- Fresh MintA few leaves, torn by hand
- PastaAny short pasta; cook in salted water as per package directions.
Method
- Slice the shallot.
- In a pan, sauté the shallot in extra virgin olive oil until wilted.
- Partially peel the yellow and green zucchini, then grate them coarsely.
- Cut the zucchini skins into strips.
- Add the grated zucchini to the pan, mix, season with a pinch of salt and black pepper.
- Drop the pasta into boiling salted water.
- Cut a few sun-dried tomatoes into strips.
- When the zucchini are cooked, stir in artisan mascarpone.
- Halfway through cooking the pasta, add the zucchini skins to the pasta water.
- Drain the pasta al dente directly into the pan with the zucchini and mascarpone.
- Add the sun-dried tomato strips and fresh mint, torn by hand.
- Serve immediately.
Davide De Vita
Home cook55.3K subscribers on YouTube14.3M total channel viewsCiao, sono Davide De Vita. In questo canale cucino e parlo di cose interessanti :D
