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Pasta with zucchini and Gorgonzola Cheese

How to make pasta with zucchini (courgette) and Gorgonzola cheese
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: entree, first course, Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients

  • 400 g Fusilli
  • 2 Zucchini medium sized
  • 200 g Gorgonzola 7 oz - or more or less depending on how much you like it!
  • ½ cube Beef bouillon cube or ½ a vegetable bouillon cube
  • 80 -100 ml Cream approximately ⅓ cup
  • 40 g Walnuts 1 ½oz
  • Parmesan cheese to taste

Instructions

  • Cook at the pasta as per the packet instructions.
  • While the pasta is cooking, slice the zucchini thinly and saute it in olive oil until it's cooked through and browned a little.
  • Take the pan off the heat.  Add the cream, the bouillion cube and the Gorgonzola.  Stir until the cheese is melted.  If you have very soft gorgonzola dolce, you can mix it in a bowl with the cream until it becomes a uniform mixture, and then add it to the zucchini .
  • Chop the walnuts and add them in to the sauce.
  • Drain the pasta then add to the sauce.
  • Grate Parmesan cheese over the finished dish.
  • Sprinkle with cracked black pepper