PASTA SAUCE: Zucchini Sauce Capri Style

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Zucchini Sauce Capri Style

 

Recipe By : " Pasta Fresca " by Viana La Place and Evan Kleiman

Serving Size : 5 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Low Fat (less than 25%) Quick

Veggie

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

1 large onion -- peeled and finely diced

1 large garlic clove -- peeled and minced

1 1/2 pounds tender zucchini -- trimmed and cut into small dice

2 large tomatoes -- peeled, seeded, and coarsely chopped

10 sprigs Italian flat leaf parsley -- leaves finely chopped

1 cup warm water -- or broth

salt

1 pound spaghettini

5 fresh basil leaves -- torn

freshly grated Parmesan cheese

 

Combine the extra virgin olive oil, onion, and garlic in a saute pan. Cook over

low heat until the onions softens. Add the zucchini, tomatoes, parsley, and

water or broth. Season with salt. Cover and cook at a gentle simmer until the

zucchini becomes very soft like a coarse puree, about 20 minutes. Cook the pasta

in abundant boiling salted water until al dente. Drain well and toss with the

sauce.

Taste for salt. Sprinkle with basil and serve with Parmesan cheese on the side.

 

Serves 4 to 6

 

" Here the zucchini is cooked untl it becomes like a coarse puree, not

tender-crisp, and unusual way to cook zucchini for pasta. We ate this dish on

the island of Capri in a trattoria sset in the middle of a grove of lemon trees.

On that warm evening, everyone sat outside at tables under the stars. The

trattoria's specialties were pasta zucchini sauce and rabbit stew, washed down

with island wine. "

 

S(Formatted by Chupa Babi):

" 07.04.08 "

Copyright:

" 1988 "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 513 Calories; 14g Fat (23.2% calories

from fat); 17g Protein; 84g Carbohydrate; 9g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol;

84mg Sodium. Exchanges: 4 1/2 Grain(Starch); 3 Vegetable; 2 1/2 Fat.

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 5663 0 0 0 0 0 0 0