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Creamy Grated Courgette and Ricotta Rigatoni

Grated courgette cooked down to a soft sauce and stirred through rigatoni with ricotta, mint and pine nuts.

Total
25 min
Hands on
18 min
Serves
2
Method
hob
Cuisine
Italian

Per serving · estimated

Energy
800 kcal
Protein
30 g
Fat
38 g
Carbs
84 g
Freshly cooked Creamy Grated Courgette and Ricotta Rigatoni

Method

  1. Step 1 of 11

    Bring a large pan of well-salted water to the boil on the hob.

    • Salt
    stockpot on hob

  2. Step 2 of 11

    Coarsely grate the courgettes on a box grater.

    • Courgettes

  3. Step 3 of 11

    Finely mince the garlic.

    • Garlic cloves
    mince garlic

  4. Step 4 of 11

    Cook the rigatoni in the boiling water until al dente.

    • Rigatoni
    11 min
    pasta into boiling water

  5. Step 5 of 11

    Toast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan over low heat until lightly coloured, then tip out.

    • Pine nuts
    3 min
    toast nuts

  6. Step 6 of 11

    Heat the olive oil in the same pan and cook the garlic until fragrant.

    • Olive oil
    • Garlic cloves
    1 min
    garlic fragrant
    What ‘ready’ looks like

  7. Step 7 of 11

    Add the grated courgette and a good pinch of salt and cook, stirring, until collapsed and jammy.

    • Courgettes
    • Salt
    8 min

  8. Step 8 of 11

    Take the pan off the heat and stir in the ricotta and the lemon zest.

    • Ricotta
    • Lemon

  9. Step 9 of 11

    Scoop out 120 ml of the pasta water, then drain the rigatoni.

    • Rigatoni
    reserve pasta water

  10. Step 10 of 11

    Toss the pasta through the sauce with splashes of the reserved water until creamy and coating.

    • Rigatoni
    emulsion glossy
    What ‘ready’ looks like

  11. Step 11 of 11

    Chop the mint, then serve topped with mint, pine nuts, parmesan and pepper.

    • Fresh mint
    • Pine nuts
    • Parmesan
    • Black pepper
    chop herbs

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