Easy Zucchini Pesto Pasta

The most delicious Zucchini Pesto Pasta made with fresh mint, parsley, parmesan and nuts. This super quick recipe uses a vibrant green zucchini pesto made in a food processor and tossed with spaghetti. Healthy and packed with flavour!

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Ingredients
14 oz spaghetti (400g) or pasta of choice
1 pound zucchini (courgettes) about 2-3 medium (500g)
1 cup Parmigiano Reggiano (50g) grated
⅓ cup whole almonds (50g)
3 sprigs fresh mint (10g)
1 handful fresh parsley (5g)
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and pepper to season

Instructions

Preparation step
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and season it with salt. Grate the cheese and get a food processor ready.
To make zucchini pesto pasta
Wash the zucchini then place them in the boiling water whole (do not trim any ends or cut them first). Boil them for 8 minutes then carefully remove them with tongs to a cutting board, do not drain the water.
Add the pasta to the boiling water (add more salt if needed) and cook until al dente.
Meanwhile, cut the ends off of the zucchini and roughly chop them. Add the chopped zucchini to a food processor and blitz to a loose paste.
Next, add the cheese, nuts, mint, parsley, olive oil and a pinch of salt and blitz to a paste. Add around 2 tablespoons of pasta water to loosen it.
Transfer the zucchini pesto to a large mixing bowl and add the pasta once cooked. Toss everything together so the pasta is combined with the pesto (add a little more pasta water if needed) and serve.

[kantamahtani]

Super easy n delicious 🎉🎉🎉 thx fr sharing the receipe 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[viperfuturestrading]

Looks awesome. Trying it out tonight. Thanks for the share

[Byalvid]

I added 2 more tbsp of olive oil, 2 medium cloves of garlic and 1/3 cup of fried spicy green pepper for a little kick. Loved it

[nataliami]

I'm recommending this recipe to everyone lol, it's literally so easy so make and tastes amazing, the pasta is so creamy etc. I didn't have parsley and mint so I didn't add it, I only had zucchini, some nuts and cheese. But it's still so good. 10/10 recipe