{"id":9067,"date":"2019-10-03T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/?p=9067"},"modified":"2021-05-24T15:16:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T15:16:03","slug":"pasta-sundried-tomato-pesto-crunchy-courgettes-walnuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/?p=9067","title":{"rendered":"Pasta with sundried tomato pesto, crunchy courgettes, and walnuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Pasta with sundried tomato pesto, crunchy courgettes, and walnuts.<\/h4>\n<div id=\"root\">Loading&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        (function (w, d, s, o, f, js, fjs) {\n            w['BuildBubbles-Audio-Player'] = o; w[o] = w[o] || function () { (w[o].q = w[o].q || []).push(arguments) };\n            js = d.createElement(s), fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n            js.id = o; js.src = f; js.async = 1; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n        }(window, document, 'script', 'w1', 'https:\/\/vasinl124.github.io\/buildbubbles-audio-player-widget\/build\/widget.js'));\n        w1('init', { targetElementId: 'root' });\n        w1('episodeid', { id: '603e232d3517ef0017fe6fa1', center: true });\n    <\/script><\/p>\n<p>The strong taste of dried tomatoes complements the light taste of the ricotta and courgettes. This is a quick and easy dish that everyone will love!<\/p>\n<h5>Ingredients<\/h5>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tastewithgusto.ie\/shop\/1-pasta\/\">Orecchiette or other pasta<\/a><\/strong> 200 gr<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tastewithgusto.ie\/shop\/sun-dried-tomatoes\/\">sundried tomatoes<\/a><\/strong> in oil 7<\/p>\n<p>ricotta 70 gr (or other cream cheese as you like)<\/p>\n<p>grated Parmigiano cheese 40 gr<\/p>\n<p>courgettes 2<\/p>\n<p>walnuts 40 gr<\/p>\n<p>basil 2 or 3 leaves<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tastewithgusto.ie\/shop\/7-olive-oils\/\">extra virgin olive oil<\/a><\/strong> 2 tbsp<\/p>\n<p>salt and pepper<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_ingredients.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9068 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_ingredients.jpg\" alt=\"Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_ingredients\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Equipment<\/h5>\n<p>Non-stick frying pan, chopping board, knife, large sauce-pan.<\/p>\n<h5>Preparation<\/h5>\n<p>Bring water to a boil for the pasta.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, wash the courgettes, cut them into small cubes and saut\u00e9 in a pan with extra virgin olive oil until they are softened but still firm. Set aside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_chopped_courgettes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9069 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_chopped_courgettes.jpg\" alt=\"Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_chopped_courgettes\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_pan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9070 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_pan.jpg\" alt=\"Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_pan\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a blender, combine sundried tomatoes, ricotta, grated Parmigiano, walnuts, oil, salt and pepper.\u00a0 Mix everything together to get your pesto.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_blender.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9071 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_blender.jpg\" alt=\"Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_blender\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_mixed_blender.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9072 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_mixed_blender.jpg\" alt=\"Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_mixed_blender\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_mixed_blender.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_mixed_blender-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cook the pasta al dente, keep a cup of the cooking water, then drain. Mix with the pesto, courgettes (keep some aside for topping), hand-chopped basil leaves, and cooking water.<\/p>\n<p>Serve and enjoy this delicious and easy dish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_final_1_300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9073 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_final_1_300.jpg\" alt=\"Pasta_sundried_tomatoes_ricotta_courgettes_recipe_final_1_300\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Tips<\/h5>\n<p>Courgettes can be replaced with aubergines.<\/p>\n<p>You can use <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tastewithgusto.ie\/shop\/pronto-ready-spaghetti-large\/\">sundried tomato pesto<\/a><\/strong> and directly mix inside the blender with the ricotta and walnuts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pasta with sundried tomato pesto, crunchy courgettes, and walnuts. Loading&#8230; The strong taste of dried tomatoes complements the light taste of the ricotta and courgettes. This is a quick and easy dish that everyone will love! Ingredients Orecchiette or other pasta 200 gr sundried tomatoes in oil 7 ricotta 70 gr (or other cream cheese [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":9080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9067"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10789,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9067\/revisions\/10789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}