Fettuccine rigate with saffron and zucchini
This delicious pasta with saffron and zucchini recipe is easy to prepare and light. It doesn’t take much time and is made with just a few ingredients. However, it looks and tastes so beautiful, you'll want to make it time and again.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 35 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 400 g fettucine rigate ((14oz) or other pasta of your choice)
- 3-4 zucchini (long and thin)
- 1 spring or white onion
- 50 ml vegetable or chicken stock ((1.5-2 floz))
- 1-2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 50 g grated parmesan ((2oz))
- 100 ml cooking cream ((3.5 fl oz))
- 1/2 tsp saffron threads (or 1 sachet of saffron)
- salt (for pasta and to taste)
- ground black pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- 1
2 hours before cooking, steep the saffron threads (if you are using threads) in 2 -3 tablespoons of hot water.
- 2
Wash the zucchini, discard the ends and slice them to a thickness of about 4 millimeters and then cut these zucchini slices into juliennes
- 3
Peel and chop the onion very finely.
- 4
Put a pan of water onto boil for the pasta. Add salt once it starts to boil.
- 5
Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add the onion and cook until it starts to soften. Then add the zucchini and cook for another couple of minutes.
- 6
Add half the broth and continue cooking for a couple of minutes.
- 7
Add a pinch of salt, small ground pepper and cook for 2-3 minutes on a higher flame, stirring often.
- 8
Stir the saffron into the remaining broth, then add it to the zucchini. Stir and cook for a further 2-3 minutes.
- 9
Pour in the cooking cream, mix and continue cooking for 5 minutes on medium heat, covered until the zucchini are cooked al dente. Add some grated parmesan. Mix well and turn off the heat until pasta is cooked,
- 10
Cook the pasta al dente in the boiling salted water according to the instructions on the packet.
- 11
Save some of the pasta cooking water and drain the pasta.
- 12
Reheat the sauce, if necessary.
- 13
Add the pasta to the sauce, mix everything together well and cook for a couple of minutes on a low heat. You can add some of the pasta cooking water if you think the sauce is too dry.
- 14
Serve immediately with a sprinkling of grated parmesan and more ground pepper to taste.