Pasta Primavera (e79)
Buon giorno a tutti. In this episode, Spring has sprung, and Nonna Mia, la nonna di tutti (everyone's grandmother), is inspired to make pasta primavera. Primavera literally means Spring! So, unsurprisingly, this is a pasta dish that calls for a lot of vegetables. Here, Nonna makes pasta for 6, and uses just over 10 cups of fresh vegetables to a pound of pasta.
Apart from vegetables and the pasta, you will need extra virgin olive oil, garlic/onions, basil, 1/2 cup of cream and freshly grated cheese.
The beauty of this dish is that you can use whatever vegetables that are locally in season - whatever vegetables you love. So, use Nonna's as a guide, and augment to suit your own favourite veggies.
To a cold pan, she adds 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil, 3-4 cloves of sliced garlic, 1/2 a red onion, sliced finely and a pinch of hot chilies - to suit your taste. She lets that cook about 2 minutes.
She starts with one red and one yellow pepper because they take a little longer to cook. That's just over 2 cups of sliced peppers. Next one zucchini and 5 mushrooms, sliced are incorporated.
Nonna puts a well-salted pot on the boil and selects her pasta of choice - here she uses casareccia.
A cup of sugar snaps and 10 sliced asparagus are added, and she continues to sauté. Toward the end, she adds 2 cups of cherry tomatoes, and a cup of green onions / scallions.
Cook the pasta a minute less than instructed and add it into the vegetables. You want it to absorb the flavours and finish cooking together. Nonna adds two 'copinos' ladles of pasta water - you may need more - it will depend on how much liquid you prefer.
She seasons with sea-salt and freshly cracked pepper and adds in 1/2 cup of cream, allowing it to simmer for the sauce to thicken up a bit. She then adds a big handful of fresh basil and 1/2 cup of freshly grated Grana Padana cheese, transfers to the platter, and tops again with more Grana Padana.
Buon appetito!
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Wow you made it look so easy and just what I needed for a springtime dish for this weekend so many fresh vegetables at the farm stands now, thank you for showing me how easy it is, have a great weekend!!!
@nonnamia7890
3 жыл бұрын
Perfect! A visit to the market and you will have yourself a beautiful pasta! Enjoy the lovely spring weather bella. A presto! xx
One of my absolute favorites!!!! I’m going to make this!!
@nonnamia7890
3 жыл бұрын
Grazie cara Doris - I am so happy that you like this dish. Me too! So healthy too! Thank you for subscribing! xx
One of my favourite recipes, Mrs. Tulipani! So exciting that you have become famous everywhere with your good cooking and your friendly ways. I also made the calzones! They were also amazing. Thank you so much.
@nonnamia7890
3 жыл бұрын
Grazie mille bella. I'm so grateful that you took the time to subscribe and to write me! And even more that you made the calzones! Brava! Bacioni! xx
Love her! She's such a cute Italian grandma!!!! Reminds me of my MIMI...!
@nonnamia7890
2 жыл бұрын
Grazie cara Adriana - it is so sweet of you to say. I really appreciate it. Bacioni bella. xx
A lovely dish by a Lovely Nonna. You are an inspiration to all who want to learn to cook. Everything you make looks awesome. Grazie Mille Nonna Mia. Xo
@nonnamia7890
3 жыл бұрын
Grazie Mille bella! 😍😍
I can,t wait to make this!❤️
@nonnamia7890
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for writing bella 🤗
Definitely going to try this one! So 😋
@nonnamia7890
3 жыл бұрын
So good! And healthy too. 😘😘😘
I always forget about this fish. I've made one similar a few times and it was a big hit. Not sure why I don't make it more often. Yours looks amazing. Xo
@nonnamia7890
3 жыл бұрын
Grazie cara Laura. This is the perfect time for this dish too. Not too heavy and lots of great seasonal choices. xox
Great little video. Thanks for all the tips and all the enthusiasm!
@nonnamia7890
3 жыл бұрын
Grazie mille cara Jane! Thank you so much for writing me! xx
I am making this tonight. Thank you for the recipe and lovely video! :)
@nonnamia7890
2 жыл бұрын
Prego bella.
Looks delicious
@nonnamia7890
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. It is easy and tasty! xx
wow, you made that look so easy to make and it looks lip smacking good
@nonnamia7890
3 жыл бұрын
Grazie bella. The good news it is that easy! And yes, delicious!! 😍
Nonna I didn't know about pasta primavera, I think I never tasted it, but it looks REALLY tasty. Besides that it's so colourful 😃☀️❤
@nonnamia7890
3 жыл бұрын
Buon giorno caro Francesco..yes, pasta primavera is more of a North American/Italian dish. It was made famous through a 1977 article in the New York Times after appearing in a NYC restaurant, La Cirque. Buon appetito! It is so delicious. Vibrant!
@francescoscaglione5182
3 жыл бұрын
@@nonnamia7890 interesting. Thanx nonna for the news 😃👍❤