Penne with Courgette Cream Recipe

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Penne with Courgette Cream Recipe Submitted by Skip

This dish is simple to prepare, tastes delicious and presents as a good, hearty dish when courgettes are in season.

Ingredients for Penne with Courgette Cream:

  • 4 medium courgettes
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 medium brown onion, finely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed or finely chopped
  • 150mls (½ cup) cream
  • 150mls (½ cup) milk
  • 300g (11oz) penne pasta, cooked
  • ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese, or similar
  • ¼ cup grated emmental cheese, or similar
  • freshly chopped basil, oregano or plain-leaf parsley to taste
  • few drops of Maggi seasoning – salt and pepper to taste

Method for Penne with Courgette Cream:

  1. Cut the courgettes in half length wise, then cut diagonally into 5cm (1¼ inch) slices.
  2. Sauté the onions in the olive oil until transparent.  Add the garlic, courgettes, salt and pepper and continue cooking with lid on until the courgettes are firm but cooked through.  Remove the lid and add the Maggi seasoning, cream and milk and simmer, uncovered, for a few minutes.  Taste the sauce and adjust the seasoning if needed.
  3. Finally, add the cooked pasta, cheese and basil, oregano or parsley.  Stir until well combined.  Serve immediately.

This dish can be served as an appetiser or as a main course.  Any left over can be refrigerated and simply reheated.

Note: Maggi seasoning is available from delis, Asian shops and even some supermarkets.

Posted in Basil, Vegetable Recipes, Recipes using Herbs, Garlic, Vegetarian Recipes, Oregano, Parsley, Pasta Dishes, Courgette, All Recipes, Onions
3 comments on “Penne with Courgette Cream Recipe
  1. Ann Childs says:

    I tried this recipe and everything was going well until I added the cheese. Then the mixture just curdled. The sauce became very thin and runny and the cheese just formed cottage cheese like lumps. What went wrong??! The only ingredient I didn’t use was Maggi seasoning as I can’t get hold of it in my village. I can’t see how seasoning would have made a difference though. Anyway, it still tasted nice even if it didn’t look it!

  2. daniel says:

    You have to stir! There won’t be lumps if you do that. Overall, I think this is a fairly authentic recipe for this dish and I’d recommend it – especially for people who like cheesy sauce 🙂 Normally, you’d also find smoked bacon pieces in this, but if you are vegetarian that doesn’t have to be added … And you can thicken out the cheesy sauce with rice or corn flour if you are gluten intolerant.

  3. Stuart says:

    Great recipe, altered slightly to suit what was in the cupboard, red onion instead of brown, cheddar instead of emmental, and no maggi seasoning, still very tasty. We’re going to try different cheeses to see what happens, as you may have guessed we’ve a glut of courgettes, still they are fresh.

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