Zucchini and tomato spaghetti 

Pasta with zucchini and cherry tomatoes is a creamy first course very easy to prepare! The spaghetti cook while you prepare the dressing. A mouth-watering summer recipe! Of course you can choose the pasta shape you prefer, spaghetti are fine, if you prefer opt for a short and striped format, it will be fine! The recipe is very simple: blend the zucchini previously sautéed with garlic and basil so as to obtain a cream of zucchini. Separately cook the cherry tomatoes in a sauté of garlic and oil. Drain the spaghetti directly into the pan with the cherry tomatoes, add the zucchini cream, fresh basil and mix so as to obtain a rich pasta dish and at the same time cheap, enveloping, creamy and delicious! For lunch or dinner, this pasta with zucchini cream and cherry tomatoes are perfect, easy and quick to prepare and delicious! Curious to discover the recipe of pasta with zucchini cream and cherry tomatoes? Try them now and you will feel that goodness!

Ingredients

350 g spaghetti

500 g zucchini

350 g cherry tomatoes

extra virgin olive oil

3 garlic cloves

basil

salt

Preparation

Prepare the zucchini cream first by peeling a clove of garlic and chopping it. Sauté it in a pan with olive oil. Add the diced zucchini and cook over medium heat for 10-15 minutes, adding hot water if necessary and salting at the end of cooking. Pour the zucchini into a food processor together with a few basil leaves, and blend them until you get a cream of zucchini. Peel the remaining cloves of garlic and put them in a pan with oil. When it begins to fry add the whole or halved tomatoes and a few basil leaves. Cook for about ten minutes, adding hot water if necessary and covering with a lid. At the end of cooking, season with salt. While the cherry tomatoes are cooking, bring salted water to a boil in a pot and cook the spaghetti. Drain the spaghetti al dente and pour them directly into the pan with the cherry tomatoes. Stir with a ladle and also pour the zucchini cream. Sauté over high heat, adding a little pasta cooking water and stir so that the spaghetti blend perfectly with the sauce. Serve the pasta with cherry tomatoes and zucchini cream, decorating and flavoring with more fresh basil.

Tip

You can enrich the zucchini cream with grated Parmesan or pecorino cheese and pine nuts or other dried fruit such as almonds or walnuts.