Creamy Zucchini Pasta

Creamy Zucchini Pasta is a luscious recipe starring with the iconic, summer veggie that’s abundant in almost every home garden!

Lots of thinly sliced zucchini is sautéed with shallots, garlic and fresh basil in butter and olive oil then combined with heavy cream, pesto and pecorino cheese for the dreamiest pasta sauce that you’ll surely want to make all year-long!

Ingredients:

Butter Extra Virgin Olive Oil Shallots Basil Garlic

Prep and gather all ingredients. Cut the zucchini into very thin slices. Bring a large pot of water to a boil.

Then, add shallots, garlic, fresh basil and red pepper flakes to melted butter and heated olive oil in a large skillet over medium low heat. Cook until shallots are soft, about 4 minutes.

Next, add half the zucchini to the pan along with a pinch of salt and pepper and stir. Increase to medium heat, cover and cook 5 minutes.

Stir the mixture and add the remaining the zucchini and stir again. Cover and cook another 5 minutes.

Next, uncover the pan, stir, reduce the heat to medium-low and continue cooking 5 minutes or until most remaining liquid from the zucchini releases and evaporates.

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