Fusilli in Salsa di Olive e Zucchine

Name: Fusilli in Salsa di Olive e Zucchine (Fusilli with Olive Paste and Raw Courgettes)
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a first course, or 3 as a main course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: salt and pepper; 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 24 fresh basil leaves, snipped; 375 g (12 oz) fusilli; 175 g (6 oz) courgette; 5 garlic cloves, crushed lightly with the flat of a knife; 150 g (5 oz) green-olive paste

Fusilli with Olive Paste and Raw Courgettes

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a first course

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Pasta-lover's Cookbook

By Anna Del Conte

Published 1994

About

Ingredients

175 g (6 oz) courgette
150 g (5

Europe
Italy
Main course
Starter
Mediterranean
Pasta
Vegan

Method

Wash and dry the courgette and cut it into matchsticks. Put them in a bowl. Add the olive paste, garlic cloves, basil and plenty of pepper. Marinate for at least 30 minutes.
Remove the garlic cloves and put the bowl in a low oven just before you begin to cook the pasta.
Cook the fusilli according to pack instructions until al dente. Scoop out a cu