Best 7 Zucchini With Farfalle Recipes

BAKED FARFALLE WITH ESCAROLE AND ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the farfalle until very al dente, 2 to 3 minutes less than the label directs; drain.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce: Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook until the garlic is golden. Crush the plum tomatoes into the skillet with your hands; rinse out each can with 1/2 cup water and add the water to the skillet. Add the basil sprigs; simmer, uncovered, until the sauce is thickened, 15 minutes. Discard the basil; season the sauce with salt. (Alternatively, heat 4 cups prepared tomato sauce.)
• Stir the chopped basil and parsley into the sauce, then add the escarole and zucchini.
• Brush a 3-to-4-quart baking dish with olive oil. Toss the cooked pasta with the sauce and half of each cheese. Spread in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the pasta. Bake, uncovered, until browned, about 15 minutes. Let rest 15 minutes before serving.

FARFALLE WITH ZUCCHINI, YELLOW SQUASH AND MINT

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling, salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente, or firm to the bite, 10 to 12 minutes. Before draining, ladle out 1/2 cup of the boiling cooking water and reserve.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the scallion and garlic; cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the zucchini and yellow squash and cook, stirring, over medium-low heat just until wilted, about 3 minutes.
• Toss the pasta with the zucchini mixture and stir in the basil, mint, reserved cooking water and 1 tablespoon of the cheese. Spoon onto plates, and serve with a light sprinkling of cheese over each serving.

ZUCCHINI WITH FARFALLE

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet over medium high heat. Add zucchini, and saute quickly until golden. Remove and set aside.
• Add onion and garlic to the pan, and saute until golden. Stir in cream; increase heat, and boil until sauce is reduced by one third.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain.
• Add noodles, zucchini, 1/2 cup cheese, and salt and pepper to the cream sauce. Toss thoroughly until heated through. Serve immediately with additional grated parmesan cheese.

ZUCCHINI PESTO WITH SHRIMP AND FARFALLE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, saute zucchini in 1 tablespoon oil until tender. Remove from the pan and cool slightly., Drain pasta, reserving 1/3 cup cooking liquid. In a food processor, combine the basil, 1/4 cup cheese, pine nuts, garlic, reserved cooking liquid and 2/3 cup cooked zucchini. Cover and process until pureed., In the same Dutch oven, cook onion in remaining oil until tender. Stir in the shrimp, pasta and remaining zucchini. Add the pureed mixture, milk, lemon juice, salt, lemon zest and pepper; toss to coat. Heat through. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.

ZUCCHINI WITH FARFALLE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large non-aluminum skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add zucchini and sauté quickly until golden.
• Remove with slotted spoon and set aside.
• Add onion and sauté until golden; add garlic and sauté an additional minute.
• Stir in cream, increase heat and boil until sauce is reduced by one-third.
• Add pasta, zucchini,the 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and toss thoroughly until heated through.
• Serve immediately with additional parmesan cheese.

FARFALLE WITH ZUCCHINI AND GORGONZOLA

Steps:

• Place 4 quarts of water in a large pot, season with salt and bring to a boil.
• Wash the zucchini and trim the ends, then grate them on the largest side of a box grater and set aside.
• In a large saucepan, heat the oil and butter and sauté the shallot and celery over medium heat, stirring, until the vegetables soften and begin to turn translucent. Add the minced garlic and continue cooking for another minute. Add the zucchini to the pan and sauté until the zucchini begins to soften and wilt.
• In the meantime, add the pasta to the boiling water and stir occasionally as the pasta cooks.
• Season the vegetables with salt and pepper. When the pasta is almost al dente, add the lemon juice, 1/4 of a cup of the pasta cooking water and the cheese to the pan, stirring to melt the cheese. Stir in the parsley and basil and let the mixture simmer gently for a moment or two.
• Drain the pasta, reserving some of the cooking water in case it is needed; add the pasta to the pan with the sauce and toss to coat it completely. Let the pasta cook in the pan for a minute, adding a splash of the reserved cooking water if the sauce seems too tight. Transfer to a warm bowl and serve immediately.

ZUCCHINI WITH FARFALLE

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet over medium high heat. Add zucchini, and saute quickly until golden. Remove and set aside.
• Add onion and garlic to the pan, and saute until golden. Stir in cream; increase heat, and boil until sauce is reduced by one third.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain.
• Add noodles, zucchini, 1/2 cup cheese, and salt and pepper to the cream sauce. Toss thoroughly until heated through. Serve immediately with additional grated parmesan cheese.