Courgette 'spaghetti'

TL;DR

A recipe for making pasta from a couple of courgettes!

This recipe is based upon Courgette and garlic 'pasta'. Both recipes are an ideal way to use up courgettes. They are best when about 15 cm (6 in). At this size they still have a lovely shine - once the surface turns matt they should really be treated as marrows.

To shred the courgette (zucchini) into 'spaghetti' I found the Oxo Good Grips Julienne peeler to be the quickest and simplest way. With the strips of courgette this thin, they can be cooked in a few minutes.

Courgette 'spaghetti'

Servings:	Serves 2
Calories per serving:	276
Ready in:	20 minutes
Prep. time:	10 minutes
Cook time:	10 minutes
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	Chef
First published:	29th August 2015

Best recipe review Simples! 4/5 Super simples, even! Susie

Stir-frying the 'pasta' with leeks and garlic

Ingredients

Printable 🖨 shopping 🛒 list & 👩‍🍳 method for this recipe

• 1 medium onion, peeled and sliced
• 3 fat cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• big pinch of freshly ground black pepper
• 3 or 4 small courgettes, trimmed (topped and tailed)
• 1 tablespoon fine salt
• 100g Jarlsberg cheese or your strong cheese of choice
• 6 tablespoon of good tomato sauce (I've used some of my Tomato sauce for pizza)
• Salt to taste
• Freshly picked tomatoes to garnish (sungold)

Method

1. Shred the courgettes into spaghetti with the Oxo Good Grips Julienne peeler
2. To reduce the water content of the courgette, add the strips to a sieve with 1 tablespoon fine salt and leave to drain while the onions cook.
3. Add the olive oil to a pan or a wok together with a big pinch of salt and stir fry the leeds for 3 or 4 minutes
4. Add the crushed garlic and saute for no more than a minute, stirring often.
5. Rinse the salted courgette spaghetti under cold running water and dry in a salad spinner
6. Toss the courgette strips into the onions and mix well
7. Stir fry for 3 or 4 minutes - if you like your courgettes really well cooked, pop a lid on the pan as that helps to steam them
8. Heat the tomato sauce and spread on the base of the serving plates - a few seconds in the microwave is an ideal way to do this
9. MIx the grated cheese into the cooked 'spaghetti' toss really well and serve immediately so the cheese melts on the place
10. Garnish with tomatoes and serve

Variations

I used a small leek instead of an onion as we have plenty at this time of year so it's nice to use as much of our garden produce as we can!

Randomly pick another recipe 🍴

Chose from these categories!Air fried recipesAccompanimentsBarbecue recipesBeef recipesBread and baking recipesBreakfast recipesCheese recipesChilli pepper recipesDips and saucesEgg recipesFavourite recipesFish recipesGarlic recipesGluten free recipesGrain and bean recipesHistoric recipesIndian recipesLamb recipesMain coursesMeat recipesOffal recipesPasta recipesPasta salad recipesPies tarts and flansPizza recipesPork recipesPotato recipesPoultry recipesPressure cooker recipesRice recipesSalad recipesShellfish recipesSlow cooker recipesSnacks and light bitesSous vide recipesSpicy recipesStartersStews and casserolesSweets and dessertsTapas, mezze and antipastiThai recipesUnusual recipesVeal recipesVegan recipesVegetable recipesVegetarian recipes

Discover Cookipedia's Culinary Creations on Pinterest

Explore the vibrant world of Cookipedia through our Pinterest page! We've curated a stunning collection of recipes that highlight the beauty of home-cooked dishes. It's the perfect way to visually navigate our extensive recipe library and get inspired by the flavours we’ve shared over the years. Dive in and discover your next favorite meal—one picture at a time!

#courgette #courgettes #spaghetti #onions #oliveoil #onion #tomatoes #pasta #tomatosauce #stirfry #sieve