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Zucchini pasta<br />
with a fresh<br />
tomato sauce<br />
JaCquELINE doNaLdSoN — VEGIE aTLaS<br />
WWW.VEGGIEaTLaS.CoM<br />
Ingredients<br />
2 medium sized zucchini<br />
(courgette)<br />
1 medium onion, finely diced<br />
1-2 cloves garlic, finely diced or<br />
crushed<br />
1 red capsicum, finely diced<br />
3 large field mushrooms or 200g<br />
mushrooms, diced<br />
1 small head of broccoli, cut into<br />
small florets<br />
300g cherry tomatoes, halved; or<br />
tomatoes, chopped<br />
1 can cannellini beans (or 200g<br />
cooked) — optional<br />
10–20 olives<br />
1/2–1 red chilli, finely diced<br />
1 tbsp fresh oregano<br />
Salt and pepper to taste<br />
1–2 tbsp olive oil<br />
Method<br />
1. To make zucchini “pasta” if<br />
you don’t have a mandolin:<br />
spaghetti: cut <strong>the</strong> zucchini<br />
lengthways into 3mm slices<br />
(or as thinly as you can),<br />
<strong>the</strong>n thinly slice into long,<br />
thin strips;<br />
fettuccine: use a vegetable<br />
peeler and peel off long<br />
strips.<br />
2. To cook “pasta”: boil<br />
salted water <strong>the</strong>n place<br />
<strong>the</strong> zucchini strips in for<br />
1 minute, drain and serve<br />
immediately your sauce<br />
Fresh Tomato Sauce<br />
1. Heat olive oil in a large<br />
frypan and add <strong>the</strong> onion,<br />
cooking until translucent.<br />
2. Add <strong>the</strong> garlic, mushrooms,<br />
chilli and oregano, cooking<br />
until <strong>the</strong> mushrooms are<br />
starting to soften.<br />
3. Add <strong>the</strong> capsicum and<br />
broccoli, cook for 3 minutes<br />
<strong>the</strong>n season with salt<br />
and pepper and add <strong>the</strong><br />
cherry tomatoes, olives and<br />
cannellini beans, covering<br />
with a saucepan lid.<br />
4. After a few minutes, or<br />
until <strong>the</strong> tomatoes are just<br />
starting to break apart,<br />
serve on top of zucchini<br />
“pasta”.<br />
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