Recipe: Pasta with Courgettes (Pasta with Zucchini)

Pasta with Courgettes

Spaghetti (or long pasta): 350 g. (12 oz.)
Small courgettes (zucchini): 600 g. (21 oz.)
Garlic: 3 cloves
Onion: 1/2
Extra-virgin olive oil: 5 table spoons
Butter: 50 g. (1.5 oz.)
Grated pecorino cheese: 25 g. (1 oz.)
Grated parmesan cheese: 25 g. (1 oz.)
Pesto (see recipe)
Black pepper: qs
Salt

Melt the butter in the oil and brown the chopped garlic and onion.

Quickly add yhe courgettes cut into very thin discs and, when they are nearly cooked, add the pesto. Season to taste and set aside.

In the meanwhile, cook the pasta in boiling salted water, drain when already underdone and add to the courgettes with a little of the pasta water.

Add the pecorino and the parmesan cheese and stir keeping over the heat.

Remove from the heat and let stand for about two minutes before serving.