Fried courgette and pasta salad

Name: Fried courgette and pasta salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 300 g dried penne; 2 medium courgettes, diced; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 4 tablespoons Greek yoghurt; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; 8 sprigs fresh basil

Preparation info

Serves:
4
as a main course side dish

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

I became a fan of cold, cooked courgettes on a drive from France to the south of Italy. I ate them steeped in olive oil and on every cold plate of antipasti. Here they are with pasta.

Ingredients

300 g dried penne
2 medium courgettes, diced
2 tablespoons

Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Cook the penne in salted boiling water for 12 minutes until tender. Drain and run under cold water to cool.
Meanwhile, fry the courgettes in olive oil over a high heat until brown all over. Add the garlic and fry for 1 minute more. Add the lemon juice and yoghurt. Mix the pasta with the courgette/yogurt mix, taste and season. Rip the basil leaves and stir toget