Fettuccini With Zucchini Cream Sauce Recipes

FETTUCCINE WITH ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Place zucchini in a colander, toss with salt and set aside to drain in sink or over a bowl 30 minutes. Meanwhile, heat 3 tablespoons oil in a heavy sauté pan, add onion, pine nuts and garlic and sauté over low heat about 10 minutes, until onion is soft and nuts start to brown. Rinse and drain zucchini and add to pan. Sauté about 20 minutes, until tender.
• Bring large pot of salted water to a boil for pasta, cook pasta about 3 minutes and drain, reserving about 1 cup pasta water. Add pasta to sauté pan, cook over low heat about 5 minutes, to blend ingredients, adding pasta water as needed. Season with salt and pepper. Fold in parsley, cheese and additional olive oil and serve.

PASTA WITH TOMATO, ZUCCHINI AND CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Add oil to skillet. When oil is hot, add the garlic and saute 30 seconds.
• Add zucchini and stir-fry two minutes.
• Add tomatoes and saute for three minutes. Then add tomato sauce and simmer for 10 minutes. Taste first and, if necessary, add salt and sugar. (Mr. Perlman suggests adding the sugar only to counteract the acidity of the tomatoes.)
• Just before serving, add heavy cream and Parmesan cheese; cook for five minutes. Serve with the pasta prepared al dente.

FETTUCCINE IN CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Drop fettuccine into boiling water with salt added. Cook to desired degree of tenderness, 4 to 5 minutes for fresh pasta and about 9 minutes for dried.
• Bring cream to simmer.
• Drain pasta immediately and return to kettle. Add pepper and butter and toss until butter is melted. Add cream and cheese and stir gently to blend.

CREAM PASTA SAUCE WITH ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Melt butter in saucepan.
• Cook minced garlic in butter for 3-4 minutes or until soft.
• Stir in flour; cook for one minute, stirring constantly.
• Add sour cream, milk, and lemon.
• Cook until heated through.
• Add zucchini, and cook just until bubbly.
• Add to pasta (I use this with my tortellini recipe).
• Add parmesan and black pepper to taste.

CARAMELIZED ZUCCHINI PASTA

Steps:

• In a large (at least 12-inch) cast iron skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter and oil. When it's foaming, add the zucchini, garlic, the basil stems and half the basil leaves. Season with 1 1/4 teaspoons salt and a few grinds of pepper. Cover and cook until pooling with liquid, 5 to 7 minutes. Uncover and cook until the liquid evaporates and the zucchini starts to sizzle, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Continue to cook until the zucchini is very soft, dark green, and reduced to about 1 cup, another 20 to 25 minutes. When you see a build up of browned bits on the skillet, add a couple tablespoons of water and stir, scraping up the browned bits. Repeat anytime more browning occurs. If you see burning, deglaze with water and lower the heat. (Caramelized zucchini can be made ahead and refrigerated for up to a week; it also freezes well.)
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When the zucchini is about done, add the pasta to the boiling water and cook until al dente. Reserve 2 cups of pasta water, then drain the pasta. If the zucchini is ready before the pasta, keep cooking it; the zucchini will only get better the longer it cooks.
• When the pasta's drained, remove the herb stems from the zucchini. Reduce the heat on the zucchini to medium, then add the pasta, 1 cup pasta water, and the Parmesan. Stir until the pasta is glossed with sauce. Add more pasta water as needed to thin the sauce. Stir in the lemon juice and remaining basil, then season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve with more basil, Parmesan and black pepper.