Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, ricotta zucchini pasta π. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Ricotta Zucchini Pasta π is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Ricotta Zucchini Pasta π is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
A one-pot pasta that strikes that hard-to-find balance between creamy and light, this meatless meal is satisfying without weighing you down. Fresh ricotta is the base for a silky and comforting cheese sauce, and zucchini brings texture, color and flavor that complement the pasta. Finish the dish with basil and lemon juice at the end of cooking for a bright pop of flavor that makes this dish.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook ricotta zucchini pasta π using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Ricotta Zucchini Pasta π:
- Make ready 6 zucchini, peeled and sliced into coins
- Prepare 1 onion, sliced
- Make ready olive oil
- Take 6 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- Prepare 1 can chicken broth, low sodium
- Get 1 teaspoon basil leaves
- Prepare salt
- Take 16 oz pasta (your favorite!)
- Make ready 2 cups whole milk ricotta cheese
- Make ready to taste parmesan cheese
This is a simple dish at its best - pasta, zucchini, garlic, basil, and ricotta cheese. The ricotta cheese essentially becomes the sauce as it melts over the pasta with a little starchy cooking liquid and the zucchini bulks up the serving so you won't be reaching for a second helping. Add other veggies if you like. Mix the ricotta, parmesan, lemon zest, salt and pepper.
Instructions to make Ricotta Zucchini Pasta π:
- Heat olive oil in a pan……
- Place your cut zucchini and sliced onion into olive oil, sautΓ© for several minutes…….
- Add to zucchini and onion your minced garlic and black pepper, continue to sautΓ© for several more minutes……
- Now add your chicken broth and basil leaves, bring to a boil then reduce heat and continue to stir…..
- Meanwhile, boil your favorite pasta, donβt forget to salt your water !
- Drain pasta well, then add cooked pasta to zucchini mixture…….stir lightly……
- Add into pasta / zucchini mix your ricotta cheese, stir on low heat until pasta and veggies are completely coated with the ricotta cheese…….remove from heat……
- Sprinkle Parmesan cheese onto each serving and enjoy π!!
Mix enough of the cooking water into the ricotta mixture to form a sauce before adding the cooked pasta and zucchini and tossing to coat evenly. Mix in the basil and enjoy! While pasta cooks, warm a serving bowl and put ricotta in it, along with about half the basil. Pasta with Zucchini and Ricotta is an easy-going dish. As is usual with Italian home recipes, measurements can vary tremendously.
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