Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound farfalle, penne or fusilli pasta
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 pound small squash such as zucchini or yellow squash, sliced thinly
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- salt to taste
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmagiano-Reggiano cheese
- 4 large basil leaves, washed, patted dry and chopped
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook uncovered over high heat.
- While pasta is cooking, heat olive oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the squash, red pepper and salt. Cook stirring occasionally until squash is starting to soften about 8 minutes.
- When pasta is cooked to just under al dente reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water, then drain the pasta.
- Add the pasta, Parmagiano-Reggiano cheese, half of the chopped basil and the reserved cooking water to the pan with the squash, and stir together over the heat until well combined.
- Transfer the pasta to serving plates. Sprinkle with remaining basil and serve.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins