Lemony Courgette (Zucchini) Linguine With Fresh Mint & Parme
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 6 ounces linguine
- 2 summer squash (zucchini and yellow squash)
- 1⁄2 bunch of fresh mint
- 1 ounce parmesan cheese
- 1 lemon, juice and a little zest
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- sea salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
directions
- 1. Cook the pasta in a pan of boiling salted water according to the packet instructions, then drain, reserving a mugful of cooking water.
- 2. Meanwhile, slice the courgettes lengthways, then again into long matchsticks with good knife skills or using the julienne cutter on a mandolin (use the guard!).
- 3. Place a large non-stick frying pan on a medium-high heat with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, then add the courgettes.
- 4. Cook for 4 minutes, tossing regularly, while you finely slice the mint leaves, then stir them into the pan.
- 5. Toss the drained pasta into the courgette pan with a splash of reserved cooking water.
- 6. Finely grate in most of the Parmesan and a little lemon zest, squeeze in all the juice, toss well, then taste and season to perfection with sea salt and black pepper.
- 7. Dish up, finely grate over the remaining Parmesan and drizzle with 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil before tucking inches.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
lecole54
Machias, Maine
I only came to cooking in my 50s, when we moved home to a tiny town with only a few restaurants. I'm always on the hunt for easy, flavorful recipes (often ethnic cuisines), and I'm always ready to try something new and different! In cold weather I gravitate to stews, soups, and casseroles of the not-too-heavy kind; in hot weather I love a salad or cold soup. Partly because of my husband's diabetes (I'm borderline) and partly out of indolence, baking is not my thing.