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Pasta with zucchini in cream sauce

Pasta with Zucchini in Cream Sauce

Pasta with zucchini in cream sauce — simple, fast, delicious. Despite its simple ingredients and easy method, this pasta with zucchini in cream sauce has a surprisingly refined flavor, all thanks to a great pairing of ingredients. The familiar scent of garlic is nicely set off by a light aroma of thyme; together they create a subtle bouquet of flavor that the creamy sauce soaks up. The neutral flavors of the zucchini and pasta drink in that sauce — there's no one who won't love it! Serve pasta with zucchini for lunch or dinner.

naniki

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Zucchini

300

Garlic

Olive oil

Sour cream

Salt

Thyme

Hard cheese

Ground black pepper

Spaghetti

150

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 14 % 5 g

Fats 32 % 12 g

Carbohydrates 54 % 20 g

212 kcal

GI: 10 / 90 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 20 min

Step 1:

To make pasta with zucchini in cream sauce, gather the ingredients on the list. The pasta can be any shape, long or short — the main thing is that it's good quality, made from durum wheat. Alongside the pasta you'll make a zucchini-based sauce with garlic, oil, cream or sour cream, thyme, and salt.
Step 2:

Cook the pasta until al dente. Save the cooking water — you'll need it to thin the sauce — or time it so the pasta is done just as the sauce is ready.
Step 3:

Lightly fry the very thinly sliced zucchini in oil for 5 minutes.
Step 4:

Add the crushed and finely chopped garlic clove and the leaves of dried or fresh thyme, and season with salt. Stir and keep frying for about 3 minutes.
Step 5:

Grate the hard cheese on the coarse side of a grater — ideally Parmesan.
Step 6:

Add the sour cream to the zucchini fried with garlic and thyme, thin it with some of the pasta cooking water, and bring to a boil.
Step 7:

Add the grated cheese. The sauce will thicken quickly, so adjust the consistency to your taste by adding more pasta water.
Step 8:

Add the pasta to the sauce, toss, then plate it right away and serve.
Step 9:

You can sprinkle a little extra grated cheese on top. Serve ground black pepper and olive oil alongside.