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Recipes: Pasta Primavera
Your favorite pasta served with a light and refreshing sauce containing fresh zucchini, onions, parsley and ricotta cheese.
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Pasta Primavera
is made from the fresh veggies and cheese normally found in abundance in Tuscany in late spring and early summer this pasta is light and refreshing. Easy to make you can whip it up in less than 40 min. Remember always to boil your pasta in abundant, salted water.
Pasta should always be served and eaten while it is hot, the Italians don't believe in waiting for everyone to be served before digging into the pasta.
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Pasta Primavera
Fresh tomatoes (peeled)*
Zucchini
Onions
Parsley
Ricotta cheese
Olive oil
Your favorite pasta
Chop parsley, onion, zucchini finely
Sauté in olive oil
Dice tomatoes in small chunks. Add tomatoes once the sautéed veggies are a golden brown.
Cook vegetable mix for approximately 30 – 40 min, till liquid begins to evaporate
Cook pasta – in abundant water and lightly salted.
Add ricotta cheese to tomatoes and zucchini. Cook for approx. 5 more min.
Once pasta is cooked add the sauce – serve hot
* Peel and core the tomatoes as if they were apples - do not place in boiling water, Chef Andrea says that takes away from the flavor of the tomatoes. No need to seed the tomatoes, use everything that remains.
Suggestions for the Pasta Primavera from Guido Fratini:
I suggest a red wine, if possible a Tuscan Chianti Classico, whose light acidity combines particularly well with the Primavera Sauce.
One of the vineyards that I would lean towards is the Agricola Altiero, run by Da Paolo Baldini, a young business man in Greve.
Paolo’s experience comes from a long tradition Tuscan. In fact Grandfather Altiero, director of a famous vineyard in Montefioralle, taught Paolo much of the art. And Paolo learned the lesson well, not only acquiring the skills of blending but also how to care for the vineyards. This is quite an accomplishment for such a young businessman and has resulted in an excellent wine – Discover Tuscany is quite proud to have this vineyard on our list of Chianti Tours. The entire Baldini Family with Mamma Cristina and Babbo (Father) Maurizio will show you some authentic Tuscan hospitality.
As Leonardo da Vinci once said “ to Man, good wine and to God, the glory”
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Discover Tuscany RecipesRecipes used during the Discover Tuscany Cooking Lessons - with comments and suggestions from the Discover Tuscany Team.
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