Steps to Make Quick Ricotta Zucchini Pasta 🍝

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, ricotta zucchini pasta 🍝. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ricotta Zucchini Pasta 🍝 is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Ricotta Zucchini Pasta 🍝 is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

A one-pot pasta that strikes that hard-to-find balance between creamy and light, this meatless meal is satisfying without weighing you down. Fresh ricotta is the base for a silky and comforting cheese sauce, and zucchini brings texture, color and flavor that complement the pasta. Finish the dish with basil and lemon juice at the end of cooking for a bright pop of flavor that makes this dish. Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling salted water, cook linguine according to package instructions.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook ricotta zucchini pasta 🍝 using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Ricotta Zucchini Pasta 🍝:

1. Prepare 6 zucchini, peeled and sliced into coins
2. Take 1 onion, sliced
3. Prepare olive oil
4. Take 6 cloves garlic, minced
5. Prepare 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
6. Make ready 1 can chicken broth, low sodium
7. Get 1 teaspoon basil leaves
8. Take salt
9. Get 16 oz pasta (your favorite!)
10. Take 2 cups whole milk ricotta cheese
11. Prepare to taste parmesan cheese

Mix the ricotta, parmesan, lemon zest, salt and pepper. Mix enough of the cooking water into the ricotta mixture to form a sauce before adding the cooked pasta and zucchini and tossing to coat evenly. Mix in the basil and enjoy! I had some ricotta on hand because I was planning on making zucchini lasagna but I decided to use it as a pasta sauce instead.

Instructions to make Ricotta Zucchini Pasta 🍝:

1. Heat olive oil in a pan……
2. Place your cut zucchini and sliced onion into olive oil, sauté for several minutes…….
3. Add to zucchini and onion your minced garlic and black pepper, continue to sauté for several more minutes……
4. Now add your chicken broth and basil leaves, bring to a boil then reduce heat and continue to stir…..
5. Meanwhile, boil your favorite pasta, don’t forget to salt your water !
6. Drain pasta well, then add cooked pasta to zucchini mixture…….stir lightly……
7. Add into pasta / zucchini mix your ricotta cheese, stir on low heat until pasta and veggies are completely coated with the ricotta cheese…….remove from heat……
8. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese onto each serving and enjoy 😉!!

Mix in the basil and enjoy! I had some ricotta on hand because I was planning on making zucchini lasagna but I decided to use it as a pasta sauce instead. This almost has an Alfredo-like creaminess but it's a bit lower in calories. Thin the ricotta cheese with a splash of the starchy pasta water. I think it was easier to whip together the ricotta, zucchini, lemon, garlic, and cooking water and then toss together with the linguine.

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