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Home page > Italian Cooking and Recipes > Discover Tuscany Recipes > Recipes: Pasta Primavera

Recipes: Pasta Primavera

Your favorite pasta served with a light and refreshing sauce containing fresh zucchini, onions, parsley and ricotta cheese.

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.

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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”

Discover Tuscany Recipes

Recipes used during the Discover Tuscany Cooking Lessons - with comments and suggestions from the Discover Tuscany Team.

Ralph wrote... Guido, on behalf of myself and Jo Anne, I wanted to thank you again for the wonderful tour of Tuscany that you provided during our recent visit to Italy. We had a wonderful time meeting your friends, seeing the beautiful countryside, and enjoying the great wine. We look forward to telling our many friends about you and your great services, and hopefully we can work with you on a villa at some point in the future.
19/05/2011

Darren and Anna wrote.... Our favorite moment by far Guido, and we're not kidding, the best experience of our lives to date was our day with you. We will remember this day forever, and we're telling people back home mostly of that day, so it really meant a lot to us you brought us there. Thank you so much!
19/04/2011

Corinne wrote... "I experienced a wonderful week last fall in the Chianti Classico region of Italy with Christina and Guido. Christina with her great experience and knowledge of the area put together an unforgettable experience which satisfied several of my interests including food, wine, art, culture, and walks through the countryside. Guido added even more to the experience with his local knowledge, contacts, positive energy, and his light hearted and friendly manner. The small group of women that Christina put together for this trip couldn't have been better. She is very sensitive to the needs of the group and obviously has the respect of her many terrific contacts in this region."
15/10/2010

Jim and Teresa wrote . . . Dear Guido and Andrea, THANK YOU for makin our stay in Florence so VERY enjoyable. You both lived up to the expectations that were passed on to us by jane. You are FUN! INTELLIGENT! SAFE! and Wonderful Company! ...Ciao to both...our new good friends.
11/05/2009

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