Recipe- Perfect For Dinner Pasta With Creamy Zucchini Sauce

This Pasta with Creamy Zucchini Sauce may well become your new favourite zucchini recipe. Quick, easy, economical and a great way to use zucchinis to make a luscious pasta dinner! If you landed here expecting one of those low carb zucchini pasta “zoodle” recipes, you’re going to be sorely disappointed because this is about as far as you can get from a health food trend.

Ingredients

50g / 3 tbsp unsalted butter
2 garlic cloves , minced
1/2 onion , finely sliced (brown, white, yellow)
600g / 1.2 lb zucchini (courgette), grated using standard box grater
1/2 tsp EACH salt and pepper
1 cup thickened/heavy cream
3/4 cup chicken or vegetable stock/broth , low sodium
3/4 cup parmesan , finely grated using microplane
1 cup corn
300g/ 10oz spaghetti, fettucini or other long strand pasta

Finishing & serving

Parmesan
Extra finishing options: Handful of fresh basil (stir in at end), sprinkle of bacon or pangrattato

Method

Cook Pasta:

- Bring a large pot of water to the boil with 1 tablespoon of salt.

- Cook pasta per packet directions MINUS 2 minutes (yes, 2 whole minutes!) - pasta should be a bit too firm in the middle.

- Scoop out a big mug of pasta cook water, set aside (for sauce loosening, just in case), then drain.

Creamy zucchini sauce:

- Melt butter in a large skillet or pot over medium high heat.

- Garlic and onion: Add garlic and onion, cook for 1 1/2 minutes until onion is slightly golden.

- Cook Zucchini: Add zucchini, cook for 1 minute. Then add salt and pepper, then stir for 2 minutes until it reduces in volume by about 1/2.

- Add liquids: Stir in cream, chicken stock, parmesan and corn. Bring to simmer, then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 3 minutes. It will still seem watery because water comes out of the zucchini - don't worry, it cooks down in the next step.

- Toss! Add pasta, then use two wooden spoons to toss well for 2 minutes, or until sauce reduces and is coating the pasta instead of pooling in the skillet. If it gets too thick, add a splash of reserved pasta cooking water. Pasta will finish cooking in this step.

- Serve: Remove from stove, serve immediately, garnished with extra parmesan.