Fusilli with Zucchini Pesto

Name: Fusilli with Zucchini Pesto (Fusilli al Pesto di Zucchine)
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a main course or 6 as part of a multicourse Italian meal
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 12 fresh mint leaves; Salt; 1 small clove garlic; 1 pound short or long fusilli; 1 pound zucchini; ¾ cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano; 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 3 tablespoons pine nuts

Fusilli al Pesto di Zucchine

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a main course

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

How to Cook Italian

By Giuliano Hazan

Published 2005

About

In Italian pesto means anything that is finely ground or chopped. Here is a wonderfully fragrant pesto of zucchini, mint, garlic, and olive oil.

Ingredients

Salt
1 pound zucchini
3 tablespoons pine nuts

Europe
Italy
Main course
Pasta
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F, or 325° if convection heat is available.
Fill a pot that will comfortably hold the zucchini with water and place it over high heat. Fill a pot for the pasta with at least 6