Green Vegetables Pasta
This green pasta is packed with fresh vegetables and it’s super easy and quick to make. This green vegetable pasta is the perfect weeknight dinner in spring and summer time!
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 350 g mezze maniche
- 150 g peas
- 100 g spinach
- 150 g Fava beans (broad beans)
- 200 g zucchini
- 1 shallot
- 5 tablespoons EVO oil
- mint to taste
- grated parmesan to taste
- salt to taste
- pepper and chilli pepper to taste
Instructions
- Shell the Fava beans and peas.
- In abundant salted boiling water, blanch the beans for 1 minute. Drain them and remove the outer skin.
- Wash and slice the zucchini.
- In a large saucepan, heat the oil, add the previously finely sliced shallot and fry over low heat.
- Add the zucchini and after a few minutes the remaining vegetables. Cook for a few minutes until the vegetables are cooked but crunchy.
- Salt and pepper, add the chilli and coarsely chopped mint leaves.
- In the meantime, cook the pasta in abundant salted water.
- Drain it al dente, holding a little cooking water, and pour it directly into the pan with the vegetables.
- Add the grated Parmesan and sauté the pasta for a few minutes so that it can be savored, adding a little cooking water if necessary.
- Serve immediately and garnish with a few mint leaves.