Fettuccine rigate with saffron and zucchini

• 份量: 4 servings
• 准备时间: 10 minutes
• 总时间: 45 minutes

配料

400 g fettucine rigate (14oz or other pasta of your choice)

3-4 zucchini (long and thin)

1 spring or white onion

50 ml vegetable or chicken stock (1.5-2 floz)

1-2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

50 g grated parmesan (2oz)

100 ml cooking cream (3.5 fl oz)

1/2 tsp saffron threads (or 1 sachet of saffron)

salt (for pasta and to taste)

ground black pepper (to taste)

步骤

2 hours before cooking, steep the saffron threads (if you are using threads) in 2 -3 tablespoons of hot water.

Wash the zucchini, discard the ends and slice them to a thickness of about 4 millimeters and then cut these zucchini slices into juliennes

Peel and chop the onion very finely.

Put a pan of water onto boil for the pasta. Add salt once it starts to boil.

Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add the onion and cook until it starts to soften. Then add the zucchini and cook for another couple of minutes.

Add half the broth and continue cooking for a couple of minutes.

Add a pinch of salt, small ground pepper and cook for 2-3 minutes on a higher flame, stirring often.

Stir the saffron into the remaining broth, then add it to the zucchini. Stir and cook for a further 2-3 minutes.

Pour in the cooking cream, mix and continue cooking for 5 minutes on medium heat, covered until the zucchini are cooked al dente. Add some grated parmesan. Mix well and turn off the heat until pasta is cooked,

Cook the pasta al dente in the boiling salted water according to the instructions on the packet.

Save some of the pasta cooking water and drain the pasta.

Reheat the sauce, if necessary.

Add the pasta to the sauce, mix everything together well and cook for a couple of minutes on a low heat. You can add some of the pasta cooking water if you think the sauce is too dry.

Serve immediately with a sprinkling of grated parmesan and more ground pepper to taste.

营养

• 卡路里: 590 kcal
• 总脂肪: 21 g
• 饱和脂肪: 10 g
• 不饱和脂肪: 9 g
• 反式脂肪: 0.1 g
• 胆固醇: 123 mg
• 钠: 309 mg
• 总碳水化合物: 81 g
• 膳食纤维: 5 g
• 总糖: 8 g
• 蛋白质: 21 g